How much have things not changed?!! BIG BOAT vs small boat

October 25, 2021 National, New England

I really dislike the issues of big boat vs small boat, and single boat owner vs multi boat owner. Were it only that simple!,,, Lately for many, it’s become a simple wish for survival. For some others, it’s a case of how much of it can I own or control? When it comes to big and small boats all fishermen know, and should be the first to admit; that when at sea in a storm, there is no such thing as a “big” boat. At least not at that point in time! It’s often said that size doesn’t matter, but in the case of the NE Catch Shares/Sector (CS) program it does seem to be a factor in the early period of this ill-conceived management plan. By Jim Kendall, Oct. 18, 2011 >click to read< 08:57

big boat vs small boat, By Jim Kendall, ill-conceived management plan, NE Catch Shares/Sector (CS) program, New Bedford Seafood Consulting, Oct. 18 2011

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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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