New fishing advocacy group has ambitious agenda

November 9, 2013 National, New England

NEW BEDFORD — A new group has thrown its hat in the ring in the battle over current fishing regulations in New England and they have national ambitions. “I think that everyone is very receptive to a voice that comes at the issue of fisheries management from a very practical perspective,” said attorney and former New Bedford mayor Scott W. Lang, one of the founders of the Center for Sustainable Fisheries. “We think there can be a balance between conservation and having a dynamic fishing industry.” [email protected] 15:40

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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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