The sign outside Wando Shrimp used to read, “Closed for Today.” Sunday morning, that sign was covered by one that read simply, “Closed.” The Mt. Pleasant seafood business closed for good after a 65-year run. Wando Shrimp is one of several closings on Shem Creek in recent months.”It’s very scary to see people you’ve known your whole life, now they don’t have a job,” he said. Read more here 07:15
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
