The 66-case study, which reportedly runs more than 500 pages, with recommendations by the author — special judicial investigator Charles B. Swartwood III — was submitted in final form eight months ago. http://www.gloucestertimes.com/topstories/x2120611929/Demand-for-fishery-abuse-report-gains-steam
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
Scup, she fiddles to burn time, the most valuable commodity.
The longer she plays, the more ocean destruction can occur.
Offshore industrial destruction of fish habitat for energy.
If the City of Gloucester has one on land, and they are peppered along the coastline, and they work, why destroy the ocean? They call it "Smart From The Start"!
What a bunch of phony fools.
The citizens that are watching this Swartwood fiasco want this report public IMMEDIATELY.
They want it UNREDACTED.
And They want Charley Grassley to do what he said should happen.
We want headsto roll. Starting with administrator Lube Job Jane Lubchenco.
ABOLISH CATCH SHARES NOW!