Time flies. Fifteen years have now passed since the Supreme Court of Canada made its landmark ruling in favour of the late Donald Marshall Junior, a Mi’kmaq from Nova Scotia.,, docks became a flashpoint, where lobster wars became a reality following the Supreme Court’s decision in the fall of 1999 and which ensued into the summer and fall of 2000. Violent confrontations took centre stage,,, Read the rest here 13:20
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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