image bunker riverhead
The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet
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
-
Alaska’s Bering Sea crab fishery gets underway
-
B.C. environmental groups lose bid to stop Alaskan fishery’s sustainable certification
-
Flex Doors Provide Flexibility
-
In Supporting Offshore Drilling, Virginia’s Governor Now Stands Alone in the Southeast
-
Fishy politics lures candidates of every stripe to Kodiak
-
Commercial lobster fishers want total catch cut to help save WA fishery
-
Main-a-Dieu crabbers set traps after ice delays season
-
News Release – Scientists Uncover Diversion of Gulf Stream Path in Late 2011-Warmer waters flowed to shelfbreak south of New England-(WHOI)
-
Van Peer’s newest creation launched – F/V Anita
-
Oregon: Crab season to begin December 1st without delay for first time in six years
-
Bycatch task force considers new rules, more research to protect Alaska fish intercepted at sea
-
The Wreckage of the Deepwater Horizon is Emitting a Mysterious Substance Into the Gulf of Mexico
-
14,000 liters of fuel spilled when shrimp boat sinks after collision with ferry off Sinaloa
-
FurCanada open house will kickstart campaigns for a seal, sea lion and sea otter commercial fishery in British Columbia
-
Hot Agendas Being Tackled by the North Pacific Council – This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini.
-
New England – Coast Guard air crews warn boaters as winter storm approaches
-
Who ya gonna call? Digby DFO cleans up ghost traps from Bay of Fundy
-
Further cut in fluke quota puts Stonington fishermen, wholesaler in peril
-
CARES Act: Lobstermen may get up to $50 million in pandemic relief funds
-
Marysville native Dan Borovina, on ‘Deadliest Catch’ finds clarity, recovery on the water
-
Bayshore town wants clammers to shell out
-
God Bless You, and Thank You
-
Caught In Alaska, Processed In China: Does Trump Make A Good Point?
-
Untested Waters: Feds take small steps toward inspecting more seafood
-
NOAA makes plans for sea lion control
-
Leave a Reply