northeast fisheries science center woods hole, ma. seeks comments …upcoming white hake stock assessment,

November 21, 2012 New England

WOODS HOLE — On Dec. 11, the Population Dynamics Branch of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center will hold an open meeting in Woods Hole to review data for use in the upcoming white hake stock assessment, NOAA Fisheries Service said. In preparation for the meeting, officials are seeking comment from fishermen regarding the nature of the fisheries or catches. Written comments are welcome from those who can’t attend in person and should be submitted by Dec. 5. Comments can be emailed to Katherine Sosebee ([email protected]) or Gary Shepherd ([email protected]). Comments can also be mailed to them at 166 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543.

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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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