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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet
NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?
While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here
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Florida to Supreme Court: Ga’s excessive water use killing bay’s oysters
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Stormy horizons – Salmon farms
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Fisherman Racism? Cape Breton aboriginal man blames boat damage on non-native fishermen
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Hawke’s Bay Seafoods on trial over alleged under-reporting of catches
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Study: Magnetism helps salmon find home river – adn.com
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Brexit-supporting Fishermen Worried May Will Sell Them out After ‘30 Years of Torment that Seemed Neverending’
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Glider Palooza 2013 – Diving ocean gliders capture valuable data
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Maine fisheries groups support DMR Commissioner Keliher
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Video: Coast Guard Aircrew Delivers Dewatering Pump to Vessel Taking on Water North of Depoe Bay, Ore.
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Commercial Dungeness crab season opens January 15
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State permit holders, crews eyed for next round of fishing aid
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