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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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Captain Jean Frottier – Friends say fisherman was hardworking, devoted family man
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NOAA Says Its Hot As Ever? A NOAA Whistle Blower Turns The Heat Up On Them!!
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Cod prohobition imperils deep-sea fishing charter businesses
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Hurricane Irma blasts Florida: ‘Monster’ storm charges up coast after hitting Miami and Tampa
5.8 million without power as Hurricane Irma tracks coast – Storm kills at least four in Florida after 38 dead in Caribbean – 10,000 could have Read More » -
Del Norte County commercial fishermen will drop their pots Thursday
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Fishermen oppose New Bedford casino proposal
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Atlantic sturgeon season approved as DFO ponders species status
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Cooke Aquaculture’s $150M expansion delayed by years – blames New Democratic Party’s moratorium for delays
Atlantic Canada’s largest aquaculture company — Cooke Aquaculture — says it has been forced to delay key elements in a $150-million expansion planned for Nova Scotia Read More » -
2 Men Found Guilty of Commercial Fishing Violations
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Members of Parliament issue conflicting reports on contentious Moderate Livelihood fishery in Quebec in the Maritimes
Parliamentarians issued dissenting reports Thursday on implementing First Nations moderate livelihood fisheries,,, Although all parties supported the right to a moderate livelihood fishery, the committee was Read More » -
Western Aleutian Steller Sea Lions Potentially Falling Prey To Sleeper Sharks
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Right whale defenders question energy industry donations
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Sharks not a blessing to Georgia shrimp fleet
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Seven-ton bell buoy washes up at Fourth Cliff in Scituate
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Tropical Storm Nate: Path brings a hurricane to northern Gulf Coast earlier
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Scania powers up its marine engine range
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EU deadline in UK-France fishing row set to expire
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Gloucester lands $75K state fishing grant – New Bedford the same for (drum roll,,,,) Another study!
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NAFO Meets For The First Time Under Modernized Convention – Significant Decisions Were Made
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‘He kept my head up. He’s the hero’: Three survive sinking of fishing boat in Southeast Alaska
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Bahamas search finds life ring but no other sign of El Faro
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Commercial fishermen in Port Hood area played integral role in bluefin tuna project
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