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March 7, 2014 Canada, National

There’s always been quabbles with how fish resources are managed. Well now some folks are saying that process could raise human rights issues. We’ll find out what that’s all about. Jamie Baker interviews Wally Dove on this interesting and provocative issue on the Fisheries Broadcast. The discussion starts about three minute into the opener. Listen to the broadcast 11:00

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

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Historic lighthouse featured on Maine state quarter suffers extensive damage in storm

Maine’s seafood harvest has fallen 120M pounds since 2012

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USF study: Diseased fish show dissolved oil from BP spill as far south as Sanibel

Turbine blade fails on Dogger Bank installation

Fisherman hits jackpot, becomes millionaire overnight

Auction for offshore wind lease just around the corner

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Top ten RNLI record breakers

Coast fishermen, seafood related businesses welcome disaster declaration

This 43-foot dead whale was trucked through downtown Portland

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Aussie made, Whangārei registered new scampi trawler in town

AUDIO: NEFMC Groundfish Committee’s Oct. 11 Meeting Prompts Discussion Related to Closed Area Access and Transboundary Stock Shares

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Susan West, 73, remembered as longtime voice of NC fishers has passed away

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 44’x20′ Fiberglass Scalloper, 400HP 3406 Cat

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