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SAFMC Meeting – September 15-19, 2014
Webinar Registration: Watch the meeting LIVE as it happens – Sign up for daily Webinars here. Meeting Agenda here Briefing Book Materials 14:29
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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Recent Posts
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Nova Scotia Lobster fishermen urged to find common ground
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Members of commercial fishing industry experiencing high levels of psychological distress
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 72′ Steel Offshore Lobster Boat, 460HP Cat, John Deere 40 Auxiliary
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A grievous assault on the lobster resource
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Bill C-60: Reviewing the Fisheries Act – B.C. North Coast residents to Ottawa: ‘We can’t make a living fishing’
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Explaining Hypocrisy – Conservationists like me can condemn one cull while supporting another – it all depends on what WE think is best for wildlife diversity
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Watermen, locals descend on Raleigh to fight fisheries bill – The true toll of a treacherous bill on commercial fishing
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Mass DMF’s On-Demand Fishing Gear Economic Modeling Report Released
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Cape Fear coast in Obama administration’s offshore energy plans-Interior Secretary Salazar’s Smart From the Start? Lol!
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BP spill cost fishing industry at least $94.7 million to $1.6 billion from May through December 2010
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Angry fishermen stage protest at Tees dredging plans including one who’s lost all his crew
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NEFMC Meeting – Plymouth, Ma Sept. 25 – 27, 2012 Audio Tapes
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Bristol Bay fishermen hit the 2 million mark June 29 ,sockeye catch still climbing!
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Problems surface at Fulton Fish Market
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Energy Insecurity: Biden’s Policies Leave Americans Vulnerable to Unreliable Wind & Solar
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Murkowski questions if Chinese shellfish ban from Alaska and Pacific Northwest might be about more than safety. (It is, Senator)
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Indian Brook man charged with allegedly threatening fishery officers in St. Marys Bay
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A Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew medevaced an ailing Fisherman from F/V Jessie Girl south of Juneau Sunday.
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Ruling forces discussions on breaching Snake River dams to save salmon
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Obituary: Grant Thompson, 40+ years owner operator of commercial fishing vessels, industry innovator in Bristol Bay
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South Pacific Tuna Corporation Knuckles Under – Partnership to supply MSC-standard tuna
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Dog swims for several miles, finds way home after falling overboard of shrimp boat
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Massachusetts: Environmental Police Update on Carlton Hendricks III Contaminated Shellfish Case
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Will Brexit bring boost to King’s Lynn, Yarmouth and Lowestoft – or will fishing industry be sold down the river?
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UMass Dartmouth plays integral part in booming scallop business
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