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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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The fishermen have only one group that can save them from extiction.
Themselves.
But cat herding is an almst impossibe task!
I have found fishermen to be some of the most insightful inividuals on the planet, but for some reason they can't seem to find creative ways to save themselves from the destruction of the "stakeholders" that are non reliant on actually having to catch something to survive.
ABOLISH CATCH SHARES NOW!
With all the slick whores that have lined up for the kill, to sit atop the gut pile and feast, its no wonder this scheme went into effect. But then, the stock assessments were painting a rosy picture of recovery. Now that severe cut backs are projected, everyone is scrambling.
If all fishermen, including the marginalized crewmen don't unite, and fight the EDF/Walmart bag lappers, They're all done.