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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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Coast Guard medevacs Fisherman 10 miles west of Hernando Beach
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Expert’s talk at LaGrua Thursday to focus on benefits of local sea-to-table options
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Brexit fishing victory: UK sector to explode after leaving EU as thousands of jobs created
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Part of the bottom of the fabled Georgetown Hole will be closed to fishing by 2017
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Mashpee oyster farmer gets legal boost
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No Fukushima-Related Radiation Detected in Alaska Seafood
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