Tag Archives: Beverly Johnson
To the editor: Fishing rules are about government control – Beverly Johnson Gloucester
Between 1932 and 1933, Joseph Stalin determined to centralize control of agricultural production in the Soviet Union. Read more
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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Tri Marine Group sells plant to Silver Bay Seafoods
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48% of fishermen do not think their job is dangerous – statistically, 94 deaths in 10 years make it the most dangerous UK profession.
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NSC Pushes PERMIT Buy Back, Re Allocation?? Governor presses for fed fish aid
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Scientists warn of too many pink salmon in North Pacific
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TD Bank’s very bad year in the Maritime seafood business
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The Alaska Marine Advisory Tracks The Effectiveness Of Whale Pingers
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Lobster fishermen in Sambro have mixed opinions on the idea of paying a one cent a pound levy!
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EU accused of ‘land grab’ by fishermen as they increase use of ‘destructive’ fly-shooting boats in UK waters
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Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program – 2017 Awards
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Lobster marketing board meetings provide ‘good feedback’
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Trollers call for chinook management ‘with a scalpel, not a sledgehammer’
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Brexit Tie-up Scheme for Fishing Fleet is Announced – Trawler owners to be paid not to fish
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Huge Weekend Event in Port Angeles – The 12th annual Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival – kicks off today with PDN community crab feed
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Reeling in the Benefits of Upgraded Boat Controls With An Electronic Control System
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Hurricane Ida: “The supply chain is completely broken” – Restaurants can’t recover if suppliers don’t recover
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WWF Warns All Fish May Go Extinct Within Next 30 Years
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British Columbia: The Last Cannery Standing
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New Jersey: Testa Bill that Exempts Commercial Fishermen from State Unemployment Tax Advances
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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, June 22, 2014
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Plymouth lobsterman to face charges after fight over tangled lines
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Northern Shrimp plan changes advance
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New England Fishery Management Council meeting January 30-31, 2018 in Portsmouth, NH
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Yukon River Panel hears fishing moratorium on Yukon River chinook may be ‘too little, too late’
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Operation Jolly Roger: inside the secret world of Scotland’s fishermen pirates
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Council takes final action on skate habitat protections
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