fisherman-obama
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
-
DFO minister: No compromise on independence of inshore fishery
-
B.C. fish farm opponent Don Staniford can’t appeal to Supreme Court of Canada
-
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 20, 2023
-
Despite promising numbers, king salmon managers still uncertain about run strength
-
Boats Damaged After Trawler Incident at Dingle Marina in County Kerry
-
Keeping the Klamath safe for salmon
-
Sanford Goes for Green with Maaskant Order
-
Injured Fisherman rescued 600 miles off California coast by the 129th Rescue Wing
-
200,000 Salmon survive Oroville spillway’s erosion only to suffocate this week
-
Fishermen gather on Yarmouth wharf concerned that out-of-season lobster sales are taking place
-
Scottish fishermen netting benefits of leaving CFP, says north MSP
-
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Fiberglass Provincial Lobster Boat, 430HP, 6 Cylinder Cummins
-
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts
-
To save their depleted species, female blue crabs go the extra mile to spawn in the bay
-
Chinook harvest limit down nearly 40 percent from last year
-
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: Massachusetts Outer Cape Lobster Business
-
Bernadette Jordan says harvesters have requested delays, and resists calls to shut down lobster fishery
-
Thomas O’Malley, of Marshfield, joins Mark Alliegro in race to unseat U.S. Rep. William Keating
-
Midcoast Maine organization awarded grant to tackle abandoned fishing gear cleanup
-
Commercial Fisherman Benny Floyd Chestnut of Newport, Oregon, has passed away
-
New Jersey fishermen to donate bycatch to NJ food bank
-
Fighting Cancer, Belgium’s newest fishing boat donates first catch to charity
-
Mount Pleasant’s annual ‘Blessing of the Fleet’ honors local shrimp and fishing industry
-
Hawaii’s longline fleet dodges hurricanes – Can they survive the Enviro Tsunami?
-
These California and Oregon farmers lost water in 2001. Now they want to be paid.
-
Leave a Reply