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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
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HOLA ME LLAMO FABIAN ALCIVAR LEONES INSPECTOR DE PESCA DE ECUADOR Y EL SÁBADO 4 DE AGOSTO SE ME ENTREGO UN DISPOSITIVO QUE ESTABA ADHERIDO AL CUERPO DE PEZ ESPADA EN EL Pto. DE ESMERALDAS ECUADOR EL CUAL TENIA UNA MARCA. SWFSC. 8901 LA JOLLA SHORES DR., LJ CA 92037 PH+1(858)546-7000
Translation: Hello my name is FABIAN ALCIVAR Lions INSPECTOR of fisheries of ECUADOR and on Saturday August 4 I was handed a device that was attached to the body of swordfish in the Pto. of ESMERALDAS ECUADOR which had a brand. SWFSC. 8901 LA JOLLA SHORES DR., LJ CA 92037 PH+1(858)546-7000