Industry Says U.S. Fish Law Works Well in Alaska
The Magnuson-Stevens Act, the 1976 law that governs fishing in the Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska and other federal waters, is up for reauthorization in Congress. Listen, Read more here 22:08
The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet
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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From the Deckboss. He gets the best comments!
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High-dollar sports fishing boat crashes into shrimp boat, sinks
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The House passes The Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Enforcement Act
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The Port of Bandon, Oregon invite’s you to the annual Blessing of the Fleet at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 25
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Why are we not surprised that they only “invite” the people that agree with them to testify.
Because that’s how things work now in Amerika. The question should be. Why are the people sitting back and allowing the government to run roughshod over them? Why are the people sitting idly by while their freedoms and rights are being taken away at an alarming rate?
Look what is happening in Connecticutt as an example.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2014/02/20/national-press-ignores-conn-gun-owners-mostly-defying-states-registratio
And the lamestream media reports?……..Nothing