The entire eastside of Bristol Bay is closed to commercial fishing as the fleets in the Naknek-Kvichak, Egegik and Ugashik Districts are standing down. That means the only fishing time is in the Nushagak and Togiak Districts. KDLG’s Mike Mason has this update on how things are looking on the west-side of the Bay. listen to the report @kdlg
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
