Four Virginia watermen lose licenses for violations “The commission takes this responsibility seriously. “We expect compliance.”

September 24, 2014 Mid Atlantic

Four commercial fishermen have had their licenses revoked by the Virginia Marine Fisheries Commission. “The commission vote to unanimously revoke these individuals’ fishing licenses continues a steady and consistent message from the commission to the watermen that violations of the commonwealth’s fisheries laws and regulations will not be tolerated,” “The commission takes this responsibility seriously. “We expect compliance.” Read the rest here 16:09

Brooks Dale Pruitt of Onancock, Charles A. Demarino of Cape Charles, Christopher Nelson of Water View, Darwin R. Harding of Lottsburg, Fishery violations, Four Virginia watermen, lose licenses, Virginia Marine Fisheries Commission

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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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