A report from the state fish and wildlife agency says that the 5,400-square-mile red tide bloom that’s been lingering off the coast of Tampa Bay and beyond, could avoid the area as of August 2014. The large patch of red tide, about 90 miles long and 60 miles wide, has slowly moved parallel to the coast at least 20 miles offshore, Read the rest here 16:40
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
