Tignish lobster fisherman Henry Doucette says he wants justice — and compensation — for DFO denying him a lucrative career as a snow crab fisherman. Doucette blames the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for costing him millions of dollars in lost potential earnings over the past 13 years. Doucette’s lawyer Clifford Hood hopes the judge finds DFO “acted contrary to law… Read the rest here 23:41
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
I understand Henry what you’re going through. Fisheries and Oceans Canada blindly hides behind their bureaucracy which causes undue litigation and stress. My fight with DFO over a Snow Crab license is somewhat similar. You will win! Paul Fraser – Coldwater Fisheries Ltd, New Waterford, Cape Breton.