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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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Spanish fish barons admit taking illegal catches in UK waters
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New fishermen’s alliance seeks to fight back against Biden admin’s ‘hostile’ attacks
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New England – Experts Say Wasteful Fishing Regulations Not Keeping Pace With Climate Change
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SEA-NL launches petition to change status of non-core groundfish licenses
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International shipping industry under increased scrutiny as whale death toll grows
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Federal Relief: Great Lakes fisheries finally get a cut of Coronavirus relief funds
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