He was born February 19, 1931, died peacefully at home on July 9, 2014. A Swedish immigrant, he came to this country with his wife in August of 1954 and settled in Cape May. Captain Harry was a commercial fisherman. He loved his work, he loved his family, and he loved his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Read more here 13:52 Fair Winds, Fisherman.
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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