Seafood markets and crab experts said boats likely won’t be bringing in their bounties until Sunday at the earliest as high winds are expected to continue through Saturday night. The National Weather Service reported sustained offshore winds of 20 to 25 mph Friday in the Bay Area with gusts as high as 30 mph. Winds are expected to diminish to 10 to 20 mph Sunday. more@marinij 08:21
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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