Shrimp trawlers and trappers are collecting samples for state regulators in the Gulf of Maine. The Maine Department of Marine Resources is paying four trawlers $500 per trip and allowing them to sell up to 1,800 pounds of shrimp per trip. It is also allowing five trappers to keep up to 100 pounds of shrimp per week for personal use. Read the rest here 09:46
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 hope this research didn’t take place during the Traditional Season on the Traditional Grounds. Remember “Northern Shrimp” use to be a Year round Business. The Ocean has changed and the Shrimps behavior too. If you don’t look outside the BOX, your bound to miss something… Management has to be ECO-SYSTEM based the “BIG PICTURE” not SPECIES by SPECIES. This must be accomplished “HANDS ON”, utilize the “EXPERTS” they have plenty of time on there Hands now. Not to mention a “WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE”. You won’t find that in a JOURNAL or a COMPUTER…