Large scale investigation into alleged lobster fishery violations

August 13, 2021 New England

Massachusetts Environmental Police swarmed the dock at Sandwich Marina Thursday and Friday for a large-scale investigation into alleged fishing violations by a lobsterman. Approximately 10 Environmental Police trucks were parked at the marina. The agency’s boat “Jessie” returned to the marina at mid-morning Friday fully loaded with 30-40 lobster traps it had retrieved from offshore as well as three barrels of lobster pot lines. photos, >click to read< 17:29

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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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