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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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Report released about Shea Heights fishermen’s tragedy
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Past Climate Change Was Caused by the Ocean, Not Just the Atmosphere, New Rutgers Study Finds
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RCMP confims identification of the body found on Placentia Bay beach as Fisherman Isaac Kettle
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Menhaden: The stock is healthy, so should harvest cuts remain?
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American Fishermen Call on State Department to Help Captain Illegally Detained in British Virgin Islands
During the week of June 8, the government of the island of Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), detained the documented U.S. fishing boat Rebel Lady, Read More » -
Coast Guard searching for fisherman that fell overboard 21 miles east of Myrtle Beach
The Coast Guard is searching Saturday for Howard “Dale” Smith, a 42-year-old fisherman who was reported falling overboard 21 miles east of Myrtle Beach. Coast Guard Read More » -
2016 proves a record year for Maine’s fishing industry
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NOAA Announces Partial Approval of Amendment 14 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan
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No federal fishing disaster decision
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Trawler crew vanishes without trace off Fraser Coast
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