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Raymond Bogan appointed ICCAT commissioner

July 21, 2015 International News, National

Raymond D. Bogan, a longtime advocate for the rights of recreational fishermen, has been appointed a commissioner to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. Under the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act, the United States is represented by three Commissioners; a government representative, another representing the commercial fishing industry and a third representing the recreational community. His appointment was designated by the Secretary of State and announced by NOAA. Read the rest here 13:20

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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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