On behalf of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, I am writing to express our deep concern about the plan to redeploy observers on vessels in the Greater Atlantic Region on August 14, 2020. Given the continued transmission of the COVID-19 virus, we do not believe the observer program can be safely operated at this time. >click to read< 14:49
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
Bravo to MAFMC, Caring for the safety their fisherman,Wondering,IF NEFMC is writing their letter yet?? ALL FISHERMEN’ S LIVES MATTER & at SEA-MONITORS LIVES MATTER TOO !!
At Sea-Monitoring is not needed in today’s fishing because all fishermen care for fish stocks which is their future & lively hood. Our U.S. Coast Guard does a great job monitoring our fishing fleet at sea.
Import land -monitoring with modification would be beneficial for all parties .Fishermen & N.O.A.A. Fisheries working together can fix this broken at -sea-monitoring issue ? ALL LIVES COUNT !!!!