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Taking over the fishing regulations of a nation involves vanity and corruption - Part 6.
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The following is a six part series to be published daily. It was written by the Southern Kingfish Association, LLC, 15 Garnett Ave.. Saint Augustine, Fla. All Rights Reserved (Phone: 904.819.0360). and has been provided by the American Alliance of Fishermen and their Communities.
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A coup d'état is a sudden and decisive action in politics, especially one resulting in a change of government illegally or by force. In Conquest of the Ocean, you will see that this phrase disturbingly describes how the current national policy on fishing might have been established. BUT JUDGE THAT FOR YOURSELF.
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Today we present the last installment, The New York Connection.
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THE NEW YORK CONNECTION - Riding the Wave
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In 2008, The Pew Institute of Ocean Science abruptly terminated its contracts with RSMAS in Florida and relocated to SUNY in Stony Brook, New York. Pikitch followed them to SUNY and published the report "Forage Fish: From Ecosystems to Markets" She conveniently chairs the Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force. She and Babcock et al published "New frameworks for reconciling conservation with fisheries: incorporating uncertainty and ecosystem processes into fisheries management."
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Lubchenco et al. published "Resilience, robustness and marine ecosystem-based management." This was the year that Pauly resigned from UBC and Rashid Sumaila of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit, is named acting Director of Fisheries.
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R. Anderson Pew was forced to retire from the Board of Directors SUNOCO due to his age, but he received more than $1million in deferred compensation. He was a Director since 1978 (30 years).
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In 2009, The Joint Oceans Commission Initiative (including Lubchenco and Rosenberg) released a report "Changing Oceans, Changing World Ocean Priorities for The Obama Administration and Congress".
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Ted Danson (the founder of Oceana) narrated and promoted the film "End of the Line'" which was selected for the Sundance Festival and then released to hundreds of theaters in the US and the UK. The trailer says that it is "the world's first major documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing and "Scientists predict that if we continue fishing as we are now, we will see the end of most seafood by 2048." The press packet states that it is "supported by numerous groups, including Greenpeace and Oceana."
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Lubchenco was appointed to be Undersecretary of Commerce and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration, the head of NOAA, perhaps the most powerful position impacting ocean policy in the world. She will lead a $4 billion agency with nearly 13,000 employees stationed all over the U.S. and around the world. Rosenberg campaigned for her appointment and was her most vocal supporter when President Obama nominated her.
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Worm, Rosenberg, et al published "Rebuilding Global Fisheries" in which Worm stated that he never meant for his 2048 doomsday date for the oceans to be literally. They got there 1 million hits on Google literally by accident?
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Sumaila and others at Environmental Working Group (EWG) published "US Fisheries Subsidies," in which they claimed that direct subsidies and financial support of U.S fisheries exceeded $700 million/yr. Shortly thereafter, Sumaila was named the Director of Fisheries Science Centre at UBC.
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According to Pikitch's resume: "During the past several years I have appeared on TV programs including CNN, CNBC, NBC News, Discovery News, EXTRA, and Wild about Animals, given numerous radio interviews and have been quoted in thousands of newspaper articles. My outreach activities have included Op-Ed's and articles in newspapers, magazines, scientific journals, books, and technical reports."
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Rosenberg is positioned in MRAG to take advantage of NOAA's requirement for observer coverage paid for by the fishing fleets under the system of Catch Shares which he helped to formulate. According to Rosenberg's resume he has several works with others in press including "Two views: marine ecosystem-based management" and "Managing for cumulative impacts in ecosystem-based management through ocean zoning." He lists Lubchenco as his first professional reference
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In 2009, the Pew Board consists of Robert H. Campbell, and 9 Pew heirs out of 14 Board members including R. Anderson Pew. The Pews have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to influence ocean management policies. Recently Pew announced that they were consolidating their operations in Washington D.C. in a single building with at least 300 people. Still, they plan to keep most of the operations and personnel they have in Philadelphia. Shouldn't we be asking what is next on their agenda?
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