Just Now! Gloucester, Ma
16:07
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
-
Barry “Baz” Kirk didn’t take to school life but when he went fishing, a new world opened before him.
-
A Happy Ending! Fishermen rescue humpback whale in southwest N.B.
-
3 Texas men cited for red snapper violations
-
Splitting the S-K NOAA Crumbs: NOAA zeroing in on tariff grants – Editorial: Fishing aid dollars shouldn’t be limited to new appropriations
-
Alaska Department of Fish and Game announces its 2013 Kuskokwim River king salmon forecast
-
FISH-NL presents certification application to Labour Relations Board
-
Donegal coastal community left devastated after Irish fisherman dies
-
‘We Were Blindsided:’ Crab Fishing Closure Could Mean Millions in Losses
-
Eight years after Fukushima’s meltdown, the land is recovering, but public trust is not
-
On This Day: 1-11- 2006, F/V Lady of Grace rescued a year before she sank
-
2013 Annual Report to Congress: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
-
Retired Charlestown fisherman can’t afford to live in his fishing village sets record straight with new book
-
Think about opening areas to scallopers, reps say
-
Study claims 2010 BP oil spill left ‘bathtub ring’ on sea floor
-
Are climate scientists doom-mongering? Bulk of research on impacts of ocean acidification is FLAWED, new study finds
-
Maine Seeks to Aid Lobstermen as Federal Whale Protections Loom
-
Nearly 300 Sea Turtles Dead as Red Tide Plagues Southwest Florida
-
Some P.E.I. fishermen caught flak for catching lobsters on Sundays in 1989
-
To our valued readers and supporters of Fisheryation.com
-
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Sells Out It’s White Shark’s?
-
Shell Canada asks regulator to leave huge pipe on sea floor off Nova Scotia
-
Limited entry for Maine lobster fishery debated
-
Commercial Fisherman, Farmer, Joseph Michael Kelly has passed away
-
One king salmon worth more than a barrel of oil to AK fishermen; Updates for 2018/19
-
James “Whitey” Bulger Trial Testimony tied to Gloucester
-
Leave a Reply