The flaws in quota-based fishery management – Barry Darby, St. John’s

September 12, 2015 Canada, National

Quota-based management plans are based on certain assumptions which are subject to numerous potential errors. Setting quotas requires substantial, accurate knowledge of the stock to be harvested before setting the appropriate level of harvest. We assume we know the size of the stock. This is difficult to determine accurately since it is done by survey sampling which has its own built-in statistical errors. We assume we know the correct percentage to catch (the optimal TAC). In lobster harvesting, we catch more than 50 per cent of the available marketable,,, Read the rest here 12:31

quota-based fishery management, The flaws

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
November 2024

M T W T F S S

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

« Oct

November 2024
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30

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

Recent Posts
- Long Island Sound Lobster Season Closes For The First Time
  
  Local lobsterman Michael Theiler said he’s dubious that closing the season will have the desired effect of rebuilding the lobster population but he thinks the local lobster Read More »
- That whooshing sound is windmills shredding tax dollars
  
  Nothing more horrifying than a chirpy Energy Secretary tweet first thing in the morning. Especially when it contains the trifecta of bad news for taxpayers from Read More »
- N.H. man caught with 41 pounds of elvers eels!
  
  NEWPORT — The Maine Marine Patrol on April 3 issued a summons to Phillip Parker, 41 of Candia, N.H., in the largest case of illegal possession Read More »
- Goliath grouper harvest becoming popular idea – Florida F & W Conservation Commission wants the your opinion
  
  In a University of Florida survey, 1,518 recreational hook-and-line fishermen, 574 recreational spear fishermen, 697 commercial fishermen and 352 sightseeing divers answered a series of questions Read More »
- Commercial Lobster Boat Stranded on Rye Harbor Jetty
  
  Crews are working on a plan to move a boat off the jetty in Rye. The boat washed up on the inner jetty near Ocean Boulevard. Read More »
- Council For Sustainable Fishing – Urgent — there are looming threats to fishing in 2014!
  
  We always hope for the best for a new year, but unfortunately commercial and recreational fishing interests face the looming threats in 2014 of more no-fishing Read More »
- LETTER OF THE WEEK: MPAs an insult to our community
  
  My family obtained Gerard Island on the Eastern Shore in the 1750s. They were fishermen, like many other families, and for hundreds of years kept stewardship Read More »
- F/V Captain Andrew rescues two fishermen and their sunken boat from the sea
  
  The Captain Andrew is Georgetown’s oldest wooden hull shrimp boat was built in 1968. It has combed the waters ever since and on Saturday morning, the Read More »
- El Nino, Pacific Decadal Oscillation implicated in domoic acid shellfish toxicity
  
  Using a combination of time-series data spanning two decades, the scientists not only showed a clear link between domoic acid and these larger climatic phenomena, but Read More »
- Fishermen press Scotland Office minister on Brexit plans
  
  Shetland fishermen have reiterated their desire to see the UK take control of its waters post-Brexit after meeting with Scotland Office minister Lord Duncan on Friday. Read More »
- Large Claws a Good Sign for Stone Crab Season
  
  “My grandfather started Kirk Fish Company in the late 1940s, early 1950s, we’re not exactly sure when,” Kelly Kirk said. “My dad grew up here on Read More »
- Fishermen’s Doubts Persist on South Fork Wind Farm
  
  As 2018 approaches, so does Deepwater Wind’s plan to submit applications to more than 20 federal, state, and local permitting agencies for the South Fork Wind Read More »
- Lobster licensing fee fairer say’s seafood firm
  
  The land-based side of the lobster industry in Nova Scotia has rejected the penny-per-pound concept in favour of a licensing fee. “We believe this is a Read More »
- The Eli Seibold Destination Fund
  
  Eli is the son of Darrik Seibold who is a crew member on board the Destination vessel that went missing in the Bering Sea Saturday. His Read More »
- Oregon trawlers re-up their shrimp certification
  
  The Oregon Trawl Commission learned this week the Oregon pink shrimp it catches will again received certification from the Marine Stewardship Council. The group was the Read More »
- Alaska fishermen bewildered, alarmed at loss of king salmon
  
  There’s an unsolved fish mystery playing out right now along a rugged, 300-mile stretch of Southeast Alaska coastline: What’s killing off the thousands of king salmon Read More »
- Straus speaks out against proposed changes to scallop permit leases
  
  Plans to allow scallopers to lease out their fishing permits to others have been criticized by South Coast legislators, including Mattapoisett State. Rep. Bill Straus. In Read More »
- Rick Baumann writes, Is seismic testing, drilling for oil necessary?
  
  From the letter: i.e. – our commercial fishermen have been and are being heavily regulated right now by the Precautionary Principle because conservative lawmakers won’t fund Read More »
- The beloved boat that came home after the war
  
  War stories are often told on Remembrance Day, but they are not always about heroes or significant battles. A war story can take place where no Read More »
- Tale of skipjack captain and caper still worthy of praise
  
  This is the story of a gift of Chesapeake waters, no less important than any bounty of seafood. It’s about Art, the late Art Daniels, Jr., Read More »
- The Scallop War: No Deal! UK and French fishermen fail to agree
  
  British and French fishermen have failed to finalise a deal to end the “scallop wars” over fishing in the Channel, according to the French camp, despite Read More »
- F/V Mary B II captain tested positive for amphetamine, methamphetamine
  
  Coast Guard investigators revealed that the captain of the doomed fishing vessel Mary B II tested positive for methamphetamines and alcohol. Captain Stephen Biernacki registered 0.17 Read More »
- Eric Hansen – Atlantic marine monument would harm fisheries
  
  With President Obama leaving office in less than a year, environmental groups have urged him to once again use executive authority via the Antiquities Act to Read More »
- Fish declines linked to effects of excess nutrients in coastal estuaries and the abundance of fish in offshore commercial fishery
  
  A comprehensive study of a major California estuary has documented the links between nutrient runoff from coastal land use, the health of the estuary as a Read More »
- Gloucester: City needs full-time fishing director
  
  The need for a full-time fisheries director is now. Back in 2015, then interim Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken and the Gloucester Fisheries commissioners agreed there was Read More »