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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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From the Fleet – Setting the Record Straight on Bering Sea Halibut Bycatch, Ludger Dochtermann, Kodiak
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Aleutians East Borough Mayor aims to combat loss of fishing permits to drug addiction
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Transportation Safety Board report on B.C. fishing boat capsizing that killed three to be released
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New England Fishery Management Council Meeting April 22-24, 2014 Mystic, CT
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Fernandina’s Shrimping Industry: Storied Past, Uncertain Future – A Look Back
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Nantucket’s Commercial Scalloping Harvest Tops 8,000 Bushels
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The Canadian Cod Crisis: “There’s millions of cod. The cod is back, and it’s killing the crab and shrimp species,”
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Three Fishermen and Their Boat Rescued Near Humboldt Bay
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Longtime Nushagak fishermen say they’ve never seen a year like this
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The trade ban stays despite the growing seal populations – Only sealskin from Greenland can be traded in Finland.
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NAFTA Commission: Canada Must Respond to Concerns that Fish Farms Hurt Wild Salmon
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NC officials host closed meeting on oil drilling today Enviros denied access, what about fishermen?
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