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
-
Cape Fear Community College getting new ship for Marine Technology program
-
Brexit – Entering uncharted territory,turbulent waters, with challenges and perhaps also opportunities.
-
Alaska cod pot fisherman earn extra flexibility with new octopus quota – Alaska Dispatch
-
No Fukushima radiation found in Alaska seafood
-
Brexit-supporting Fishermen Worried May Will Sell Them out After ‘30 Years of Torment that Seemed Neverending’
-
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week – 98.9′ Steel Stern Trawler,1985, Dragger Steel, CAT W/ Federal Permit(s)
-
UPDATED: Coast Guard rescues 2, searches for third near Coos Bay, Ore. – Coast Guard locates body of missing woman
-
Feds ax porpoise-related fishing grounds closures
-
Maybe Russ Brown should read this – Gurnard and chips, please: warmer seas change UK fish stock as cod head north
-
Sambro group holding fundraiser for Miss Ally families
-
And then they came for the lobstermen…
-
Cuts likely for lower Columbia River fall chinook fishing
-
Coast Guard tows disabled fishing boat to Monomoy Island, MA
-
Bill Harris, owner of destroyed F/V Skye Marie, appologizes for the impact caused by his vessel burning in Tarpon Springs
-
Unexplained sockeye dropoff shuts down Yakutat fishery
-
Blockade of the prawn fishery could ruin fishermen – Lance Underwood skipper of Justin Time II and Quicksilver Girl
-
NOAA/ Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Gillnet Bycatch Workshop, Ocean City, MD January 22 and 23, 2013 Attend by webinar
-
A MUST READ For Anyone Who Defended Joe’s Lobster Mart – Game, Set, Match.
-
Rescuing a regional treasure: Biologists, baymen bringing back Peconic Bay scallops
-
Mike Mason, longtime voice of Bristol Bay, leaving KDLG
-
Video monitoring of Kenai’s dipnetters in the works
-
WATCH: Fishing Vessel Battles Chetco River Bar (Nearly Loses)
-
U.S. company pitches man-made island for oil drilling in Alaska
-
Gulf Oystermen are Struggling.
-
REBRANDING DOGFISH
-
Leave a Reply