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Arniston fishermen destitute after selfless sea rescue

October 28, 2015 International News

Durban – They have no boat and no income after a rescue mission went awry, but they will always have hope. And this hope is the thing that will carry them through, even though their fishing boat Mrs H is now at the bottom of the ocean, owner Gerald Swart, 59, from Arniston, said on Tuesday. The sinking of the fishing boat, which was claimed by the ocean when it tried to rescue another stricken craft, has robbed a group of Southern Cape fishermen – breadwinners in their homes – of their livelihood. Read the rest here 11:17

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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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