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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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The Western Flyer Returns Home to Monterey!
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Summer winds are intensifying along the Marin Coast and climate change is a likely cause, a new study says.
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Bay crab population decreases
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NOAA step won’t aid local boats – “The area they want us to fish does absolutely no good to the Gloucester and New England fleet,”
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Letter to the Editor: (and the rest of the world) Urging Action on Seal Population Control
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Lobster tradition targeted
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Baker | Kathy Dunderdale’s fisheries legacy – Evaluating how the premiers handled the fishery
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Omega Protein launches largest vessel in Louisiana, F/V Vermilion
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WWF opens 2014 Smart Gear Competition to reduce fisheries bycatch
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NOAA Draws Criticism Over Revised Steller Sea Lion Measures
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UPDATE: Tugs tow Coast Guard cutter, disabled fishing vessel back to Kodiak
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