Santa Cruz boaters, crabbers upset with harbor entrance restrictions

March 23, 2016 Pacific

Boaters and crab fisherman had a few salty words for leaders of the Santa Cruz Port Commission at its meeting Tuesday night, blaming them for poor management of the harbor entrance that could leave crab fisherman unable to motor out of the harbor when commercial crab season opens Friday. Lisa Ekers, the port director, said dredge operators would work day and night starting Wednesday to take advantage of expected dry weather and smaller surf. Commercial fisherman Jason Collins said he was frustrated that more wasn’t done to prepare for an El Niño winter predicted to have larger than normal surf, rainstorms and tons of sand drifting east from the San Lorenzo River near the harbor. photo gallery, Read the article here 09:44

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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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