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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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Limits have Maui and Lanai fishing communities worried about ‘cultural rights’
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PNA tuna MSC Certified product hits European market – I wonder how.
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Strange fish found on the Scotian Shelf
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Letter: Remembering a hero, and the F/V Little Flower
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Helpful Lobsterman Lends a Neighborly Hand by Hauling Other People’s Traps
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Coast Guard responds to sunken fishing vessel in Warrenton, Ore.
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Fisherman’s last stand: No one could save the captain who refused to abandon his boat
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Six years after the oyster industry in Apalachicola Bay collapsed, scientists still don’t agree on what happened.
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Harris: No offshore wind turbines
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NCFA Weekly Update for Dec. 5, 2014
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Trudeau Comments On Moderate Livelihood Fisheries
The Prime Minister says the federal government continues to work on implementing moderate livelihood fisheries with Indigenous communities. Justin Trudeau says reconciliation is important, but the fishery needs to be done right. “We’ve been engaged in very very close dialogue, both with commercial fishers and Indigenous communities to establish the right path forward,” >click to read< 09:23
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