Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 54’ Fiberglass Dragger, 451HP Cummins Diesel
To review specifications, information, with 21 photos, >click here<. To see all the boats in this series >click here< 06:28
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
-
Oregon: Entire coast open to commercial crabbing on Jan. 1
-
Trump Presidency Is Next Worry for Battered US Wind Sector
-
Commercial squid fishery closes, limit reached Sacramento, Calif.
-
Former”Deadliest Catch” producer Joe McMahon, shot and killed – Suspect commits Suicide
-
Cape Breton snow crab season short but lucrative
-
Judge blocks closure of southern flounder fishing. Will it be appealed?
-
Young and Dunbar tussle in fisheries debate in Kodiak
-
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Sept 13 , 2019
-
Weir fishermen struggling to catch herring in Bay of Fundy
-
Marine toxins prompt expansion of crab-fishing closure on Washington coast
-
Coast Guard Sector Columbia River save a total catch of 35 tons of shrimp from spoiling Wednesday. thaaank you!
-
Maine Seeks to Aid Lobstermen as Federal Whale Protections Loom
-
Captain hurt in Commercial Fishing Boat crash
-
AUDIO: NEFMC Groundfish Committee’s Oct. 11 Meeting Prompts Discussion Related to Closed Area Access and Transboundary Stock Shares
-
A seafood empire and a court battle over Trudeau’s push for Indigenous reconciliation
-
Lobster harvesters worry about survival of their livelihoods
-
Lower Columbia select-area gillnetting delayed a week
-
Warming Waters Cause Invasion of Sea Squirts at Maine Fisheries
-
Seal hunt off Nova Scotia dormant as pelt market disappears
-
West Coast Waters Grow More Productive with Shift Toward Cooler Conditions
-
Midcoast lobsterman charged with exceeding 800-trap limit
-
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, September 20, 2015
-
Fishermen’s Benefit Fund holds crab feed fundraiser – Proceeds help fishermen and their families
-
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 50′ Fiberglass Dragger/Permits, Cat 3206
-
Hurricane Ian: Shrimpers rode out the storm on boats. Now they’re left without work
-
Leave a Reply