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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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Why are the Green Energy Projects pushed by the Enviro’s, kill wildlife and fish, Destroy Bio Diversity, and it’s acceptable to them?
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Russia re-submits claim on vast Arctic seabed at UN
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RODA Receives NOAA Fisheries Grant
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Georgia Shrimp fishermen want a later season opening in state waters
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Scallop Fleet Responds to NMFS Criticism of NEFMC Habitat Recommendations
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Canada-EU trade deal hurting Greenland’s shrimp exports
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Maine shrimp season won’t change yet
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Tensions rise again over unauthorized lobster fishing in Nova Scotia
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Anti-fishing, anti-science – Chief executive Barrie Deas, explains why Marine Protected Areas aren’t the solution to managing fisheries.
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Retired Commercial Fisherman Reginald Carl Knowles of Winter Harbor, Maine, has passed away
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P.E.I. Great White caught more than 30 years ago named one of the world’s top five legendary, by Discovery Channel
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Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is considering removal of limit on swordfish catch
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