35E4CE7900000578-3671927-image-a-140_1467505600120
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
-
Port of Anacortes’ T Dock sees more than $14 million in annual commercial activity
-
The little known United States and Canadian border war
-
Opinion: Cashes Ledge decision a victory for open government
-
Atlantic Bluefish 2013 and 2014 Final Catch Limits Approved -New Spiny Dogfish Exemption Areas East and West of Cape Cod
-
Fishermen’s union takes fight to Minister Tootoo, story and video
-
SAR air base for Labrador
-
New evidence points to former EPA official pushing pre-emptive Pebble Mine veto
-
Love Blue Crabs? Meet the Red Crab
-
Commercial fishing deaths in Canada hit 20-year high
-
TRADEX 3-Minute Market Insight – Uncertainty for Norwegian Salmon Exports; Hokkaido Chum Withdraws From MSC
-
Canadian Coast Guard saves lives every day-
-
Focus on innovation and new markets make New Brunswick top seafood exporter in Canada
-
Alaskans hear East Coast perspective on MSA
-
9/11 Boat Evacuation: Greater Than Dunkirk
-
Crabbing halted off Oregon coast
-
Dirty Wind: State Pier operator notifies occupants it’s time to go
-
Why do Seattle’s homeless get to feast on Alaska’s king salmon bycatch?
-
On this day in 1922, Cape Cod Fisherman lost in weird January Hurricane, 2006: Lady Grace rescued a year before she sank
-
Five Years After Fukushima, Ocean Radiation Poses Little Risk to U.S.
-
IGFA join Pew Charitable Trusts in Call to Remove Longlines from Gulf of Mexico
-
Fly-shooter to focus on squid, mullet, and gurnard
-
Two more North Atlantic right whales found dead on Newfoundland’s west coast
-
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 05, 2020
-
Canada plans crackdown as trade data shows elver exports were 4 times the legal catch in 2022
-
Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting in Garden Grove, California November 15 – 21
-
Leave a Reply