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The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update here To read all the updates, click here 11:04

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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Aug. 24, 2015

August 25, 2015 Mid Atlantic

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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Aug. 17, 2015

August 18, 2015 Mid Atlantic

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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update August 10, 2015

August 11, 2015 Mid Atlantic

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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update July 27, 2015

July 27, 2015 Mid Atlantic

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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update July 20, 2015

July 20, 2015 Mid Atlantic

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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update July 10, 2015

July 10, 2015 Mid Atlantic

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, June 28, 2015

June 28, 2015 New England

rifa2 The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update here To read all the updates, click here 11:52

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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 26, 2015

June 26, 2015 Mid Atlantic

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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 19, 2015

June 19, 2015 Mid Atlantic

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, May 31, 2015

May 31, 2015 New England

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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015 Mid Atlantic

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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 10, 2015

April 10, 2015 Mid Atlantic

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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 3, 2015

April 4, 2015 Mid Atlantic

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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for March 27, 2015

March 27, 2015 Mid Atlantic

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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for March 20, 2015

March 20, 2015 Mid Atlantic

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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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