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
-
Recent Posts
-
‘Wicked Tuna’ and Tequila’
-
Emails? Man! Do we get emails.
-
Scientists expect some decline in Gulf of Maine lobster numbers, but ‘no calamity’
-
Rhode Island MAGA March!
-
Warm waters killed chinook in Oregon’s John Day River in July. Even Idaho’s Salmon River got too hot. Can the fish adapt quickly enough?
-
Pacific Halibut numbers could drop
-
The Island celebrates the Third Annual Fluke for Luke fishing tournament this weekend
-
Lobstermen Question State Whale Plan at Waldoboro Meeting
-
Dredge opponents fear Penobscot River pollution
-
Potlotek moderate livelihood lobster fishery is peaceful, but tensions aren’t far from surface
-
In the shadow of Key West, change ahead for a neighboring island
-
Fishermen busted for harvesting caviar illegally
-
Stock Island Fishermen bank on stone crab to salvage season
-
Connecticut’s Controversial Shellfish Bill Dead For 2015
-
A new immersion suit claims it can keep you alive up to 24 hours in freezing water. So we tested it.
-
It was only a matter of time before the state of Texas got in on the fight over STORM
-
Fishing boat gets stuck in Danish ice, collides with bridge
-
Conservation groups sue to stop snapper season extension
-
23 Wellfleet shellfishermen get relief funds
-
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, December 14, 2014
-
Coast Guard hoists man clinging to a piece of debris from water in Union Bay, Alaska
-
Guest View: Congress needs to take the reauthorization of the Magnuson Act seriously – By Brian J. Rothschild, Montgomery Charter Professor of Marine Science and Technology, SMAST
-
Legal fish, Illegal stop – Fishermen Turned Medical Students Settle Civil Rights Case Against Washington F&W
-
We’re On Board with These Two Fishermen – Salmon Fishing Season Starts Today
-
December 2012 MAFMC Council Meeting – Register to Attend via Webinar. Wednesday, December 12, 2012 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST
-
Leave a Reply