A new fish hatchery is opening on 21 April in combination with a stewardship centre that will educate the public on the protection of salmon. Metro Vancouver parks is investing CAD 500,000 (USD 486,964) in the construction of the entire project and the Pacific Parklands Foundation is injecting the same amount into the venture. The Pacific Salmon Foundation and KEEPS are also putting money in. continue
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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