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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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Op-Ed: Kitzhaber salmon policy failed to meet its goals – Ryan Rogers, owner of the Fisherman’s Market
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Sipekne’katik Social and Ceremonial Fishery Delayed To June 3rd
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Government Shutdown: Monomoy shellfishing in dispute – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,”Harvesting must discontinue – Chatham Balk’s!
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First hearing Thursday on plans to expand ocean sanctuaries
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Ex-Hull fishermen tell Nigel Farage UK has ‘never won an argument over fishing’
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Jefferson store to host author of ‘The Lobster Lady’ Nov. 12
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Bulger trial Agent details Gloucester gun run to IRA
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Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting in Sacramento, California March 8-14, 2016 Listen Live
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