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State of Massachusetts closes oyster beds in Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury and Marshfield

August 31, 2013 New England

The state has shut down major oyster farms and beds from Plymouth to Marshfield after cases of a bacterial illness linked to oysters were reported locally and outside the state. Harvesting and possession of oysters from these areas for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited until further notice, the state Department of Public Health said Friday. The agency also has launched a recall of oysters collected from the area since July 22. This is the first time a specific harvest area in Massachusetts has been implicated in a Vibrio outbreak. more@wickedlocal 07:04

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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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