Greenport fisherman urges Suffolk DA to investigate village’s dock records

September 18, 2014 Mid Atlantic

A North Fork fisherman has escalated his battle with Greenport Village after he said officials targeted his commercial boat for eviction from a village dock following long-standing criticism of the local government. Read the rest here 11:14

Railroad Dock rents, Sidney Smith of Greenport, Smith -- a well-known gadfly, Suffolk County DA Spota declined to comment, Suffolk County district attorney

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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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