To Preserve it’s Heritage, Panacea could be the largest city in Wakulla

February 9, 2015 Gulf of Mexico

There are more boats than cars in Panacea. The oyster shells lining many of the roads are a nod to the coastal history of the small Wakulla County town. Panaceans want to highlight and brand several industries: the commercial fishing industry and a high-value seafood business based in aquaculture, maritime culture and seafood harvesting and processing, and an eco-friendly vacationing and recreation spot. Read the rest here 10:38

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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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