http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2007/06/23/fish-farmers/ I never touched it, honest! Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:45:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2007/06/23/fish-farmers/comment-page-1/#comment-8176 Fisheries, again, and DVDs at Another Blasted Weblog Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:24:23 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2007/06/23/fish-farmers/#comment-8176 [...] As if to prove the point, there is a little piece about fisheries (un)management on cnews, a Canadian site, accusing British Columbia’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans of caving to political pressure and allowing over-fishing. Of course one may not have all the facts, but by using the country’s Freedom of Information Act the Watershed Watch Salmon Society gained access to emails within the DFO suggesting that department officials were not happy with the decision to extend the season. I wonder how many other similar cases would come to light if citizens had similar access to information — and used it — elsewhere? [...] [...] As if to prove the point, there is a little piece about fisheries (un)management on cnews, a Canadian site, accusing British Columbia’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans of caving to political pressure and allowing over-fishing. Of course one may not have all the facts, but by using the country’s Freedom of Information Act the Watershed Watch Salmon Society gained access to emails within the DFO suggesting that department officials were not happy with the decision to extend the season. I wonder how many other similar cases would come to light if citizens had similar access to information — and used it — elsewhere? [...]

]]> http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2007/06/23/fish-farmers/comment-page-1/#comment-8019 Increase Predators by Reducing Their Prey??? - Fish Geek - Fish, Research, and Management Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:14:54 +0000 http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2007/06/23/fish-farmers/#comment-8019 [...] Is it really possible that reducing prey numbers after their predator has been overfished might result in recovery of the predator population?  In some cases, yes.  Check out this interesting blog entry by Jeremy Cherfas where he points to Scandanavian research where biologists found the answer to recovering depleted brown trout stocks. population, predator, prey, recovery, trout [...] [...] Is it really possible that reducing prey numbers after their predator has been overfished might result in recovery of the predator population?  In some cases, yes.  Check out this interesting blog entry by Jeremy Cherfas where he points to Scandanavian research where biologists found the answer to recovering depleted brown trout stocks. population, predator, prey, recovery, trout [...]

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