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
-
$357,000 payment in a damage claim from the 2010 BP oil spill must be repaid because the claim was fraudulent.
-
North Carolina: Small Victory for Trawling Industry – But the fight isn’t over
-
Reposted: Pacific Fishery Management Council meetng in Vancouver, WA, March 6-12, 2019
-
Fisherman pulls monster bass from Annapolis River after tidal station shutdown
-
Shea extols trade agreement with EU at P.E.I. oyster conference
-
MEDIA ADVISORY: UNITED FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES – Standing up for adjacency
-
New Man Overboard Prevention and Sea Survival Course for Fishermen
-
Tilghman Island Man Sentenced in Fish Poaching Case – conspiring to violate the Lacey Act
-
Federal restrictions hit recreational fishermen
-
California’s higher fees for out of state commercial fishing licenses upheld
-
New England Fishery Management Council Update, meetings lined up between now and mid-September
-
New Critical Habitat Proposed for North Atlantic Right Whales
-
It looks so good, I had to share it with you! Tuna Wholesale – From Boston Sword & Tuna
-
In the lobster business, there’s always a deadline
-
Wild salmon: Are their best days all behind them?
-
Larger expected king run loosens restrictions on setnets, drifters
-
Iliamna Lake levels barely high enough for Bristol Bay boat portage
-
Great Bay Aquaculture Online Auction
-
The Sea Lords – Kingpins of the Gulf make millions off red snapper harvest without ever going fishing
-
Too much lobster a problem for Northumberland Strait fishery
-
NATIONAL OCEANS MONTH, 2014 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
-
Shell report hints giant pipe on sea floor off Nova Scotia will be abandoned
-
Leaving the CFP ‘more urgent’ than ever
-
How does Nova Scotia compare with their haddock and cod fishery? – Struggles in the sea urchin fishery
-
Alaska pushes back on Arctic plan with Canada
-
Leave a Reply