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
-
Recent Posts
-
NEFMC proposal would limit access to hake fishery – concerns “over unrestrained increases in fishing effort”
-
Kenai Peninsula hopes to host Board of Fisheries meetings
-
Sipekne’katik First Nation to meet with Minister Bernadette Jordan next week
-
Editorial: Ultimate betrayal of fishermen-Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, Kentucky Republican Rep. Hal Rogers
-
From croaker to clams: Commercial fishing in OC
-
Squid fishery shutdown won’t affect local calamari
-
Commercial Fisherman Jimmy Bourque, Sr., of St. Martinville, La, has passed away
-
Regional Fishery Council News
-
Leeman: Maine must hit pause on offshore wind turbines
-
Court finds Radical environmentalist anti-whaling Sea Shepherd’s in contempt
-
Fish about to be plundered off coast of UK as EU about to strike major deal with Iceland
-
Offshore wind encounters turbulence over NJ
-
Massachusetts Man jumps into water after lobster boat catches fire
-
Russian pollock sector soon to be as consolidated as US – 2 Foreign Companies OWN 50% of all US POLLOCK
-
A research expedition returning to Victoria puzzled by a no-show of the fish after an initial big haul
-
Fish fight: Walmart caught in the middle of Alaska salmon tangle
-
Chairman’s Death Comes At Crucial Time For Western Pacific Fishery Management Council
-
Shell Canada asks regulator to leave huge pipe on sea floor off Nova Scotia
-
Locals say blue crab catches plummeting – “The BP oil spill was in 2010. You do the math.”
-
Bids sought for $300K in repairs to Galveston’s Pier 19
-
Western rock lobster head to supermarkets across Australia amid China trade woes
-
Crew saved from North Sea as Fraserburgh trawler sinks in SOS emergency
-
Robert Ridgewell, 74, a salty fisherman until his final few days
-
Nova Scotia communities await decision on contentious pulp mill pipeline
-
Pollock as halibut bait shows mixed results, Good in the GOA! This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch
-
Leave a Reply