ca_eu_ceta1-1
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
-
Gulf of Mexico Restoration projects proposed using BP funding
-
Stepping Away – Furlong | Blunt truths I learned at The Broadcast – Loved every second of it
-
F/V Scandies Rose: Survivor Dean Gribble Jr. describes 20-foot seas,”worst possible conditions.”- Calls to loved ones reveal rough conditions before sinking
-
Lobster fishermen are worried about another price-depressing glut because ocean temperatures are higher than normal.
-
Coast guard vessel with platform to help with search for missing scallop dragger
-
Scientists, academics to lead groundfish study
-
Crew of five abandons vessel and makes it to shore
-
News Release: Coast Guard to boaters in Tropical Storm Andrea’s path: prepare now
-
Harvesting flatfish in the Last Frontier
-
Working Waterfront: SC commercial shrimp docks battle for public money
-
PEI Lobster fishermen block $200K lobster shipment
-
For Acadian fisherman, early Mi’kmaq fishery in N.S. bay can ‘never’ be respected
-
Local crab hauls set to hit ports on Thursday; buying price set at $3 per pound
-
In the Guest Writer Column – Joe Daughty – “Hey Cap! I’ve got you man. He’ll be here within the hour.”
-
Oahu fishing vessel master pleads guilty, sentenced for sleeping while ship underway
-
Ag Giant Cargill Is Spending More Than $1 Billion to Get Into Fish Farming
-
NOAA rejects Eubalaena Oculina National Marine Sanctuary request in Atlantic
-
Coronavirus: Maine DMR Director Kelliher urges lobster industry to stop harvesting if there is no market
-
State probe faults DEC search, seizure policies on fishing
-
Meet the families working to keep fisheries alive on Lake Ontario and Lake Erie
-
Two Suspected Fish Thieves Caught in Santa Barbara – Video
-
Light up the nets! Easy Solution for Shrimpers and Smelt Alike
-
Skipjacks, oysters: The fight for survival of two Chesapeake Bay icons
-
FFAW-Unifor President Earle McCurdy – “What kind of second class citizens do they think fish harvesters are?”
-
Seal protests increase sales, says St. John’s fur seller
-
Leave a Reply