ICYMI: A look into Magnuson-Stevens with On the Record with Greta Van Susteren

September 17, 2013 National, New England

Posted by Committee Press Office on September 16, 2013 – Last week, On the Record with Greta Van Susteren took a look at Northeastern fishermen whose businesses have been affected by the Magnuson-Stevens Act. On Wednesday, the House Natural Resources held a hearing on the “Re-authorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act” where witnesses called for increased flexibility in the Re-authorization of the act. [email protected] 14:04

"Re-authorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act", On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, the House Natural Resources, witnesses called for increased flexibility

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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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