I am a Fisherman committed to fishing, it’s lifestyle, community and culture – Aaron Dumler

September 18, 2015 Pacific

aaron dumler As a fisherman and boat owner , as well a one who has served in USCG and CCG, and work is towing industry, I am compelled to point out a key difference that increases the risk and will continue to increase the risk associated with commercial fishing. PRESSURE: every single day as a boat owner/capt I juggle the costs of fuel, maintenance, continually changing regulatory requirements, provisions, repairs, taxes, vs one thing: Ex vessel price of fish and catching them (a lot of ’em) Add Variables: weather, low/wildly fluctuating market prices, crew training, then crew turn over, Read the rest here 15:42

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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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