18485616_10155359477168573_1091189260604199505_n
The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet
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
-
Recent Posts
-
John Bullard , NOAA NE Regional Administrator – My View: Fisheries hold challenges, opportunities
-
44-foot Whale Carcass on Bow of Cruise Ship Baffles NY Authorities
-
Elver season falls short of statewide quota – Feds suspect significant illegal activity, though.
-
Area Boat Prepping For ‘Wicked Tuna’ Television Spotlight
-
Two N.H. Fish and Game officers presented with Life Saving Award
-
Peconic Bay scallops die-off tied to newly detected parasite
-
No Booze, No Drugs – ‘Deadliest Catch’ star Sig Hansen avoids jail, gets probation for assaulting Uber driver
-
Coast Guard capture images of daily operations in support of Hurricane Harvey
-
Gautier firefighters battling boat fire and possible fuel leak
-
Every Halibut Counts – This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini.
-
Newfoundland CF/V Bradley Venture crew ‘lucky’ to be alive after boat sinks off Cape Breton
-
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 14, 2022
-
EU live lobster ban could cut off $125M Mass. market
-
Board of Fisheries is in Session! Listen Live.
-
California Fishermen snag Twelve foot clubhook squid – That’s a lotta Calamari!
-
Maurice Noonan, a fisherman from Bay de Verde, was fined $40,500 last month for snow crab fishing violations committed during the 2008 and 2010 fishing seasons.
-
If you want to help shape Columbia fishing, here’s your chance
-
Feds ax porpoise-related fishing grounds closures
-
Arctic waters increasingly vulnerable to foreign species
-
Nova Scotia’s Dirty Secret: The Tale of a Toxic Mill and The Book Its Owners Don’t Want You to Read
-
Fishery resource state at Newfoundlands Grand Bank assessed
-
Lennox Island treaty fishers join P.E.I.’s fall lobster fishery for 1st time
-
Five Indicted on Charges of Embezzling Nearly $500,000 From Trident Seafoods Five people with ties to Kodiak, Alaska
-
Greens fight and fuss but shark nets are coming
-
Coast Guard medevacs crewmember from fishing vessel near Venice, La.
-
Leave a Reply