29th Gloucester’s Schooner Festival 2013 – photos by Donna Ardizzoni

September 2, 2013 New England

It rained briefly on the Parade of Sail. But nothing could dampen the enthusiasm of the skippers and sailors who turned out over the weekend for the 29th annual Gloucester Schooner Festival — or for the spectators who lined Stacy Boulevard and other parts of Gloucester’s waterfront to see these historic, graceful marine vessels sail through and out of Gloucester Harbor Sunday. more@GDT

With all the activities we have in this wonderful community, I think the Schooner Festival is my favorite. Just beautiful. Donna Ardizonni photos@gmg 20:41

29th Gloucester's Schooner Festival 2013, Great parade of sail

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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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