Todays Roundup of East Coast Marine Monument Entries. The list will grow.

September 16, 2016 Mid Atlantic, National, New England

It is a very sad day for the New England fishing industry following the Presidents announcement that he pretty much made fishery management irrelevant when he created his enviro gift to every ENGO known to man. There are many articles about it, and we will post the ones with various politicians that represent their fishing constituents, and from members of the industry in the press. 09:49

‘Sad day’ for the fishing industry following marine monument designation – click here Tarr: Marine monument punishes fishermen – click here Quit crabbing: Obama creates major no-go zone for fishermen in the Atlantic – click here Fishermen upset over creation of Atlantic’s first monument – click here Obama: ‘Oceans key to protecting planet from climate change’ click here

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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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