AR-160629707.jpg&maxw=400&q=90
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
-
Helpful Lobsterman Lends a Neighborly Hand by Hauling Other People’s Traps
-
Maine seaweed company vies for $50,000 prize at national Slow Money event
-
Mississippi 2016 shrimp season began with small shrimp, low prices
-
Jewelers Join Fishermen & Others to Urge EPA to Protect World’s Greatest Salmon Fishery
-
New England Enviros Are Protesting A Clean Power Project!
-
Failure of Doubler-Plated Hull Likely Cause of Sinking of Fishing Vessel
-
‘It’s been an interesting life,’ Cape Sable Island fisherman reflects on decades of fishing
-
Hawai’i Fishermen’s Alliance Petition To Delist the North Pacific Population of the Humpback Whale from Endangered Species Act
-
Fisherman Settles Ventura Harbor Diesel Fuel Spill Case
-
Carlos Rafael’s boats to be raised on Thursday
-
I missed this one – Maine Voices: Closed areas a boon as fish fight warming
-
Squid Fishermen Find Massive Schools Near Santa Barbara Shores – Video
-
Climate change risk low to moderate for billion-dollar Nova Scotia lobster fishery, study says
-
North Atlantic right whales causing ‘mess’ for P.E.I. lobster crews forced to move traps
-
Halibut stock stable, flat harvest likely
-
Growing wings for southwest Nova lobster a priority
-
Clarence Dirk Rozema, of Mount Vernon, has passed away. Ran family business, Rozema Boat Works
-
B.C. man fined $160K for breaking Canadian, U.S. fishing laws
-
Digby fisherman wins jumbo lobster contest with 19.6 pounder
-
Dec. 7 dumping day on standby off southwestern N.S. – Captains and crews should be prepared to leave
-
Sea Shepherd attorneys to attend Makah whaling meeting next Wednesday in Port Angeles
-
Greenpeace Loses Millions, Blames Rogue Employee, Currency Hedge Gone Wrong
-
Happy fourth birthday Brexit!
-
Now We’re Talking! – Liberal push to strip environmental groups of charitable tax status
-
Message to Maine’s Lobster Industry from Governor Janet T. Mills
-
Leave a Reply