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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet
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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As is the case with most things the government does, it appears that no thought has ever been considered into the negative ramifications that could possibly arise from this boondoggle.
Or perhaps enough money is being spent in the right places and with the right people to make any negative impacts go away. The stench of corruption is not a pleasant odor and this situation reeks to high heaven.
But why worry about it. All that’s at stake is the is the entire east coast of the United States ecosystem.
READY-FIRE-AIM!