NOAA says Haddock flourish, while cod stocks dwindle

November 21, 2015 New England

The groundfish stock updates released this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reflect what the agency says is the continuing deterioration of the Gulf of Maine cod stock, while showing that other stocks such as haddock, pollock and redfish appear to be flourishing. The operational assessment updates were performed on 20 Northeast groundfish stocks, with the results corresponding to the state of the individual stocks through 2014. The news for cod, according to the update, is really no news at all. Read the article here 09:40

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One Response to NOAA says Haddock flourish, while cod stocks dwindle

Rocky Novello says:

November 23, 2015 at 9:53 am

Haddock is everywhere in the Gulf of Maine ,the most that fishermen have seen , in these waters for the last fifty years !!! The question is, will N.O.A.A. let fishermen catch these haddock ??/

Codfish stocks—- Fishermen are AVOIDING CATCHING CODFISH!! Reason– Most fishermen DON’T HAVE MUCH CODFISH QUOTA !! SO COD LANDING WILL JUST KEEP DROPPING UNTIL OUR FISH SCIENCE IS FIXED !!

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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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