NDP MLA Sterling Belliveau recently expressed concerns about the DFO decision, saying that while he understands the need to support the company following Premium Seafood’s devastating fire this summer, he has strong reservations about giving a foreign vessel access to Canada’s coastal resources. more@thecoastguard 19:13
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
Strong reservations indeed: A 2010 article from New Zealand, a fishery living under catch shares since 1986, speaks about a 5000 signature petition by local fishermen urging Parliament to initiate an inquiry into the fact that almost half of their nation’s fish are harvested by foreign fishing companies due to foreigners’ ability to invest and buy quota shares.
http://topnews.net.nz/content/26304-petition-filed-against-fishing-industry-save-home-fishermen