North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Oct. 5, 2015
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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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Recent Posts
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Stanford biology professor Barbara Block warns that the bluefin is trouble because of decades of overfishing.
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American Samoa – Marina off-limits to longliners
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Man charged with illegal lobster fishing in Greenwich, Stamford
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Indonesia to sink illegal fishing vessels
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Editorial: Hollow disaster call shamefully fails to confront problem GDT
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Feature from 1968 on Portuguese fishermen showing Friday Night in New Bedford – Free Admission!
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About time! NC reopens some waters to large-mesh gill nets
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Trade agreement sparks Canadian interest in Grimsby, the UK gateway to seafood retailing
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 64’ RSW Seiner, scalloper, herring carrier
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Is total destruction of fishing industry the goal?
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Personal Locator Beacons improve the chance of rescue at sea
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Declared unfit for human or animal consumption – Eighty tons of contested Bristol Bay salmon trashed in Anchorage landfill
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South Atlantic: NMFS accepting input on “ropeless” black sea bass pots
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Nautic Alert Gives Boat Owner Confidence During Hurricane Harvey
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Will Morro Bay wind farms be the demise of Port San Luis?
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Galesburg fishing start-up catches Forbes’ eye
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An Evolutionary Family Drama
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BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill draws wide array of comments on 3rd anniversary – “They’re caused by human and organizational malfunctions.”
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North Carolina: New trawl Bycatch Reduction Devices show promise
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Scientists say new fisheries law “guts” protection for habitat
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Anguillian fishers to be trained in new fishing technique
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Nova Scotia fisherman ‘died a hero’ after helping save crewmate
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Oil drilling bid for Great Australian Bight not a boring debate for Port Lincoln locals
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Fishermen lukewarm about disaster relief
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Mysterious South Carolina fish with humanlike teeth stumps the internet
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