Re-opening of the OCI plant in Fortune could be delayed Scientists are keeping a close eye on cod in Newman Sound.
Continuing concerns on the south coast about infectious salmon anemia We’ll find out how vessel design rules are affecting new boat construction.
Some fishy DNA testing happening on the Humber River Open net salmon farms, is the province moving too fast when it comes to aquaculture development?
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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