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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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US Fish & Wildlife Service will be soliciting public input regarding management of cormorants
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 23, 2017
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Pebble backs fishermen lawsuit to halt Bristol Bay seafood association’s funding for anti-mine groups
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Higher Snow Crab Quota in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2022
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Scotland: North-east fishermen start selling direct to find new markets in lockdown
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What are the fish telling us: the story of the world’s largest wild salmon fishery
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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, October 4, 2015
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NOAA/NMS Announces 2019-2021 Spiny Dogfish Specifications
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Participants in cooperative winter sampling program for Gulf of Maine northern shrimp announced
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