N.C. man had record-holding catch… if only for a week

April 12, 2015 Mid Atlantic

Cherish the moments. They sometimes don’t last very long. A pair of mid-Atlantic anglers can attest to that. Less than two weeks ago, Robert Smith of Manteo, N.C., caught a big bluefin tuna that topped the existing Virginia record for the species. Then last week, Virginia Beach’s Chase Robinson topped Smith’s catch. The current mark is a 573-pounder. Smith’s fish tipped the scales at 576-1/2 pounds. Robinson’s fish came in at 606. Read the rest here 12:16

bluefin-tuna, if only for a week, record-holding catch, Robert Smith of Manteo N.C, Virginia Beach's Chase Robinson

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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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