Compass: EPA can and should block Pebble mine
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
-
Recent Posts
-
No Go: High winds again delay start of lobster fishery in southwestern NS
-
Feds accused of ignoring Cohen’s steps to save sockeye
-
American eel discovered in Ind.’s White River – It swam here from the Atlantic Ocean, biologist says
-
NMFS caught up on rulemaking for North Pacific regulations
-
Happy 230th Birthday to the U.S. Coast Guard!
-
U.S. brine shrimp industry could be in peril if Great Salt Lake keeps shrinking
-
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 49′ 11″x 20′ Fiberglass Dragger, New 543HP Mitzubishi Main Engine
-
Commercial Fisherman Richard “Buffalo” B. Wetherell, Jr. of Jamestown, R.I has passed away
-
Conservationists Are United On Fukushima Threat To Oceans, while Over Fishing is the Real Threat!
-
Hawaii lawmakers promise reform for confined fishermen
-
Bill Walker, the former director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is now a convicted felon.
-
Haddock stock decline prompts catch limits
-
Digby lobster prices hold at $4.75/pound – Industry has high hopes for demand in Asia
-
Kauai Fishermen Bring Deep-Sea Shrimp Back to the Dinner Table
-
Donovan Bill, 2020-H 7261, Would Ban Release of Balloons
-
Pushing back against the greying of the fleet
-
Rock star fishery booming in Western Australia, as octopus catch quadruples
-
Experts quizzed over freeport, dredging and algal blooms as crab deaths on coast investigated
-
Whale Slaughter Sees 500,000 Americans Demand End to Offshore Wind Power Onslaught
-
Man will bring fake orca to Astoria to try to scare off sea lions on docks, “I just put two and two together”
-
Brexit – Many in British Fishing Port Want E.U. Out of Their Waters
-
Public meeting scheduled for input on Magnuson-Stevens fishery guidelines – Make your Public Comment!
-
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 40′ Peter Kass Wood Lobster Boat, 720HP Scania Diesel
-
Maryland crabbers rescue bald eagle
-
House stymies aid for fisheries
-
Leave a Reply