Hank Clarke of Cottrell’s Cove has been convicted for fishing seals with full metal jacket ammunition. Mr. Clark was convicted in Grand Falls- Windsor Provincial Court on January 6, 2015 and fined $1,000 to be paid within six months. The offence is a violation under the Marine Mammal Regulations. Read the rest here 12:00
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
Do the MATH. Fish aren’t the only CREATURES that SHIT in “WATER”… READY FOR a GLASS or a SHIT DIP???