‘Tragedy of the Commons’ Will be the Fate of Marine Environment in Atlantic Offshore Wind Farms

April 28, 2021 Canada, International News, Mid Atlantic, National, New England

Like the English commons, the Atlantic waters could take just so much ‘grazing’. The Canadian government finally recognized the cod fishery had crashed and closed it;,, Recognizing that fish could not be owned until they were caught, government regulators attempted to at least partially privatize fishing rights. So too, the waters in which they swim (Hague Line dividing CN and US waters in the Gulf of Maine and on Georges Bank.) It was that bottom and those waters that wind farm builders wanted “rights”.,,, So, the question arises “why don’t the fishing interests move to protect these sensitive marine habitats?” They have tried without much success. >click to read< 18:43

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STRIPEDBASSHOLE says:

April 30, 2021 at 5:35 pm

Realistic Outcome Doom Assured!!!

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STRIPEDBASSHOLE says:

May 8, 2021 at 2:00 am

Realistic (blind love)
Outcome(sh*tStorm)
Doom(demo/coned)
Assured(freeKoolaid)

In all seriousness there is a great opportunity here… A true renewable revolution!!! The Eastern Atlantic is no Panacea mind you…

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STRIPEDBASSHOLE says:

May 8, 2021 at 2:20 am

MicroPower Plants-Tesla Solar, electrical independents!!! What direction power-wise are our vehicles heading???
How many people would this require, I’m talking
national???
We have Hydro-Power near by …
Let’s work smart not hard!!! Keep it here…
By all means don’t sell out!!!
Let’s protect our Oceans!!!

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It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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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