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Scientist Resigns Over ‘Abusive Work Environment’ with Federal Fishery Council

February 14, 2014 Western Pacific

Robin Baird, a renowned research biologist, says an “abusive work environment” has forced ~~him~~ her to quit ~~his~~ her position on a committee that advises the Western Pacific RFMC on protected species. In a letter to Wespac Executive Director Kitty Simonds, Baird says fellow committee member Milani Chaloupka‘s behavior was “unprofessional and highly inappropriate.” sniff sniff Read [email protected] 22:40

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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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Scientist Resigns Over ‘Abusive Work Environment’ with Federal Fishery Council

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

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

Recent Posts

Tropical depression making its way toward Nova Scotia

P.E.I. Lobster fishing opening date still unclear

California commercial Dungeness crab season delayed

Oregon seeking expanded sea lion controls following success of salmon protections at Willamette Falls, Bonneville Dam

Annual herring run seems heavier than usual off Comox Valley shores

‘When Crab was King’ opens Friday 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Pratt Museum Special Exhibits Gallery

Protection of marine areas to be based on science, Hunter Tootoo says

FFAW-Unifor legal action – threatening to sue its own members who speak out against it.

F/V Westward scuttled. She caught a lotta fish, and will for eternity.

The Legacy of the Blob

LETTER: Boycott of lobster won’t save whales

Veterinarian Uses Fish Skin To Help Treat Severely Burned Dog

Is NOAA About to Crack? ‘Pausebuster’ study under intense scrutiny

Nunavut-based marine training helps grow Inuit fishing crews

F/V Bald Eagle II: Shrimp trawler hauled off the beach, now under tow

The first commercial fishing announcement of the season in the Upper Cook Inlet restricts commercial king salmon fishing in the Northern part of the inlet.

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Council convenes in Nome, familiar bycatch topics on tap

Crab Detectives

Northern Pulp – Senators want full assessment of plan to dump mill effluent off Nova Scotia coast

Maritime Radar to Celebrate 70th Anniversary

Giant great white shark caught off P.E.I. was ‘a teenager’

Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 50-miles off Atlantic City, N.J.

Shrimpers pressured by import prices, seek legislative change

Unalaska city council ducks halibut bycatch issue

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