The Board of Fisheries changed the escapement goal for late-run king salmon on the Kenai River March 21. The new escapement goal, which passed unanimously, is 15,000 to 30,000. The change is based on a change in sonar counters 
from split-beam to DIDSON. The board took up the Cook Inlet issue as part of its statewide finish meeting, held in Anchorage March 19 to 23. continue reading
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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