But the operators of a B.C.-based company under investigation for possible violations of Canada’s Environmental Assessment Act appear to be making headway in their quest to gain public and scientific acceptance of the iron fertilization project done in the summer of 2012 in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Haida Gwaii. more@thechief 12:17
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
A rare Sabertooth whale washed up on shore dead long way from its normal range. Several rare serpentine oarfish have washed ashore dead. Sockeye salmon and haddock numbers are also down. Sardine populations have plummeted. Invasive species have increased. Salmon in the Salish Sea are dying. We shouldn’t be poisoning the ocean dumping iron into it. Before fertilization of the ocean there should be legitimate studies to see how iron “fertilizing” effects the environment. Greedy corporations shouldn’t be ripping off Native Americans to pollute the ocean as part of a scam to try to get carbon credits. They need to stop violating international law.