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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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Fisherman’s Challenge to Windfarm Explorations Referred to EU Court
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National Marine Fisheries Service is revising its regulations for weighing fish at-sea – Federal Regulators Crack Down on Fish Fraud
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N.S. fishermen say EI repayment crackdown unfair
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Inland Fisheries: A big fight in Lansing over fishing rules on the Great Lakes
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Scientists accused of scaremongering, ‘overheated claims’ with warning to humanity
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CETA: U.S. lobster industry alarmed as European deal gives Canadians a ‘huge’ advantage
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Interview – Dave Marciano fishes his way to success on ‘Wicked Tuna’
Dave Marciano, captain of the F/V Hard Merchandise vessel on Nat Geo’s Wicked Tuna, lives a life on the open sea, pulling in a variety of fish Read More » -
Michigan Considers Controversial Commercial Net-Pen Aquaculture in Huron and Michigan
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Queensland’s scallop industry in doubt
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New Hampshire: NOAA monitoring fee will kill local fishing industry
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New Brunswick lobster fishermen brace for more low prices
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Salmon farms near Campbell River capped for 7 years – Province agrees with intent of eight recommendations from the Cohen Commission
Six months after the release of the Cohen Commission’s final report on the decline of Fraser River sockeye salmon, the B.C. government says it accepts the Read More » -
We need a rigorous examination of our fishery, Phil Earle, Carbonear
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Northport, P.E.I. community celebrates a fishermans life with a parade of boats
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Gary Griggs – Salmon and squid
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July 27, 1981: Oil drilling begins off Cape Cod: ”It’s only a matter of time before the fishermen get used to having us out here.
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Maine’s latest fishing frenzy brings in $1,200 a pound — and it’s not lobster
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Mass. Coastal Caucus: NOAA’s lobster regulations ‘crippling’
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Northwest Fishing Communities Find Economic Power Doing Business Together
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Editorial: Time to speak up for commercial fishing
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Labrador Shrimp Company Partnership Brings 70 EPIRBS to Harvesters
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Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Cold Bay, Alaska
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Members of Parliament issue conflicting reports on contentious Moderate Livelihood fishery in Quebec in the Maritimes
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NPR Claims Fish Stocks are Declining Worldwide – Comment by Ray Hilborn, University of Washington
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