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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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BC Fishermen Stuck in the Middle of DFO Legal Battle
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Fishermen drop anchor in protest
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Coakley and Cod By Matt Rigney the author of In Pursuit of Giants: One Man’s Global Search for the Last of the Great Fish,
Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley announced on May 31st that the state will sue the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for setting cod limits so low Read More » -
Some Bristol Bay fishermen sued Monday over the sinking last June and subsequent salvage of the Lone Star
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada Blunder – Expert says feds should have acted more quickly on right whale migration
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Letter: It’s time to resolve the conflicts over national red snapper fishing rules – Mark Mathews
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Mar-Lees drops RICO case against co-founder, others
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A government working group is to examine allegations of abuse in Ireland’s fishing industry.
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