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Calhoun County, Texas – Shrimp season devastated by freshwater, Judge signs declaration of disaster

July 1, 2015 Gulf of Mexico

The shrimp boat captain sat at the helm, listening to other captains talk over the radio about the catch they brought in the day before. After subtracting the cost of fuel, one captain had $75 to split with his deckhand. “Seventy-five dollars is nothing,” said Capt. Jose Luis Cruz. “There’s no shrimp. The freshwater pushed the shrimp to the Gulf.” An overabundance of rainfall not only devastated the livelihood of farmers but also hurt those who harvest from the sea. Read the rest here 07:34

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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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