Think seals as a substitute for deer, cod as a substitute for sapling – Growing deer population taking a toll on forests

May 26, 2015 National

Environmental leaders blame bigger herds, fewer predators and decreased harvests by area hunters for the state’s dwindling vegetation. Wow! “The deer just munch, munch, munch,” said Douglas K. Bassett, Letchworth’s naturalist. How about that! “The only way to get things into balance is to have less ~~deer~~ seals,” Bassett said. Another solution, ecologists say, could be allowing commercial hunting for deer to create a market for venison. Bingo! Read the rest here 10:54

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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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