This whole Board of Fish controversy will undoubtedly continue until Roland Maw is either confirmed or rejected by the legislature. I don’t want to dwell on this subject too long, but material just keeps appearing weekly and needs comment. My editor forwards reader’s comments to me. So far, everything from the Kenai Peninsula regarding fisheries has amounted to hate mail, but some of it is “interesting” to read. Read the rest here 07:20
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
You step on PEOPLES TOES and there apt to want to step on your DICK or is it RICHARD or could it be RICHARD NOGGIN…