The aquatic battle continues with National Geographic Channel’s Season 3 of “Wicked Tuna,” which airs Sunday night at 9. And this season promises to be the most competitive yet, with a larger number of captains competing to see who pulls in the most lucrative catch of the giant bluefin tuna, which can weigh more than 1,500 pounds and can sell for more than $20,000. Read more@GDT 00:50
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
