Prey, Predator Doesn’t Equal Cause, Effect

June 20, 2013 National

On the surface it seems like a simple and straightforward equation: more seals equals more great white sharks. The connection, however, is likely far more complicated. continued@vineyardgazette

great-white-sharks, Predator, Prey, seals

One Response to Prey, Predator Doesn’t Equal Cause, Effect

Joel Hovanesian says:

June 21, 2013 at 2:19 am

Here we go again. Jesus Christ Almighty, has common sense completely left the barn?

The problem as I see it is we have to many scientists who have to do a study of anything and everything just to justify their existence and to garner millions of dollars in grant money so they can put their name on a piece of paper and show the rest of us under educated idiots how smart they are.

The saying PHD = Piled higher and deeper has never been more appropriate!

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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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