I am not happy. Jackie Odell was not appointed to serve on the NEFMC.

July 8, 2021 Mid Atlantic, New England

About the Council Seat. I to am not happy, and am very disappointed that Jackie Odell was not chosen to serve on the NEFMC council. She is more than qualified for that position. She was passed over, as Governor Baker chose recreational fishing stakeholder Michael J. Pierdinock, instead. Is it possible that his campaign donations since 2016 to the Baker campaign, have finally paid off? We all know that money talks and bullshit walks. The New Bedford Mayor is also unhappy with the council pick. Is this another example of being not chosen, based on your expertise, but about political contributions? The system stinks, and need to be fixed. So, put up or Shut up. Sam Parisi, Gloucester. Mass. 14:04

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One Response to I am not happy. Jackie Odell was not appointed to serve on the NEFMC.

STRIPEDBASSHOLE says:

July 8, 2021 at 6:44 pm

I have to tell you Sam sometimes Sh*t happens for a reason!!! Michael doesn’t seem like a fan of RODA, but Charles in charge is pro Wind-Turbine… You could say he’s been Orstersized in some shape or form…
Regards,
–SBH–

P.S. Micheal, a completely vacant 40 KV Power-Line… That’s no visible ocean life near an EMF emitting Power-Line doesn’t sound safe to me!!! I smell an odor and it’s RODA!!!

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

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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