Brad-Snook-6
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
-
Lobster season off southwest Nova Scotia postponed again due to bad weather
-
Canadian Federation of Independent Fish Harvesters – ‘Real change’ needed in fishery management
-
Flotilla honors Andy Gove with service at sea – Photo Gallery
-
Divers to refloat boat destroyed in fire, 65 feet of wharf lost to the flames
-
Today, We Miss and Remember Richard M. Gaines – March 20, 1944 – June 9, 2013 Gloucester, Massachusetts
-
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ OEM Lobster Boat, 500HP Scania Diesel
-
Fishermen, Conservationists Go Head To Head Over East Coast Underwater National Monument
-
Lobster forecast causes concern, not panic, for Maine’s industry
-
Fishing vessel F/V Haida Legend sinks off Langara Island
-
Commercial fisherman remembers 3 colleagues who died when their boat, the Caledonian, capsized
-
FLORIDA KEYS – Stone Crab Prices Putting The Pinch On Wallets – many Florida Keys commercial fishermen are struggling
-
Campaign To Return WWI Steam Trawler
-
Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound owners file countersuit
-
Painful Cuts for Groundfishermen Take Effect
-
North to Alaska! Young Maine Fishermen test their mettle in Homer
-
Independent fisheries scientist Alexandra Morton is raising concerns about a disease she says is spreading through Pacific herring causing fish to hemorrhage.
-
Lobstermen depend on boat hauler Paul McDonald, he’s feeling the heat. Big time.
-
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 43′ Fiberglass Lobster/Crab/Gillnet – 300HP, John Deere 6081
-
42nd East Coast Commercial Fishermen’s & Aquaculture Trade Exposition January 15 – 17, 2016
-
Berth control: NL fish harvesters hope there’s room for everyone at Little Port amid cargo ship salvage
-
Texas: New shrimp season tangled up in regulations
-
Pacific states say tuna talks making slow progress
-
Carlos Rafael: Twelve fishing vessels sold to Blue Harvest Fisheries to stay in New Bedford
-
VMRC approves 10 percent reduction in blue crab harvest – New regulations would shut down blue crab dredging, limit number of bushels
-
Gulf Coast leaders form coalition to protect Mississippi Sound after devastating spillway openings
-
Leave a Reply