Articles

The following is a list of all of the articles we have written and chose to publish here. These articles can be found below.

Table of Contents

  1. The Beginning – The Lobster Model
  2. We Know Better
  3. Indigenous Realities and Fishery Policy
  4. Re-examining DFO Basics
  5. Complexity and Simplicity in Fishery Management
  6. Redfish, Bonanza or Boondoggle
  7. Do Fish Carry Passports (and Does it Matter?)
  8. When is a Plan not a Plan?
  9. The Capelin Conundrum
  10. Will the PERT Report Highlight Our Fishery?
  11. PERT Fails the Fishing Sector
  12. DFO’s Magic Machine – Science Into Practice
  13. Driving to Central – A Fisheries Analogy
  14. Gaps and Assumptions in Fisheries Management
  15. Echoes – Newfoundland Outport Fisheries and Indigenous Traditions
  16. Redfish Re-opening – Getting It Wrong
  17. Fishery Policy: A Better Way – Brief to the Senate Fisheries & Oceans Committee
  18. A Tale of Two Fisheries – and a Solution for Northern Cod

1. The Beginning – The Lobster Model

A brief introduction into how this all started.

2. We Know Better

The current system of fishery management contains many assumptions and practices that we know – or should know – are false. This article highlights some of them.

3. Indigenous Realities and Fishery Policy

Helen Forsey writes here about the key importance, in fishery policy and practice, of indigenous people and their traditional knowledge.

4. Re-examining DFO Basics

Originally entitled How DFO Gets It Wrong, this article appeared in the July 2020 issue of The Navigator, with shorter versions in the St. John’s Telegram and the Halifax Chronicle Herald.

5. Complexity and Simplicity in Fishery Management

In this post, we consider the challenge a fishery manager has in producing a simple, clear harvesting plan from the complex world of fishery science. This article appeared in the St. John’s Telegram November 19, 2020.

6. Redfish, Bonanza or Boondoggle

This article was published in the Navigator Magazine, December, 2020 and explores the risks that poor harvest management could have on this new emerging fishery.

7. Do Fish Carry Passports (and Does it Matter?)

This saucy piece by Helen Forsey appeared in the Independent, January 22, 2021.

8. When is a Plan not a Plan?

The Navigator features this article about the DFO December 2020 Cod Rebuilding Plan in its March 2021 issue.

9. The Capelin Conundrum

This article offers an alternative way of looking at the ongoing controversy over this little forage fish. It was published in the June 2021 issue of the Navigator Magazine.

10. Will the PERT Report Highlight Our Fishery?

The following is a slightly condensed version of a December 3, 2020 submission on the fishery to the Premier’s Economic Recovery Task Force.

11. PERT Fails the Fishing Sector

We sent this response to the NL Government about the PERT Report’s dismal failure to properly address the numerous issues plaguing the fishery.

12. DFO’s Magic Machine – Science Into Practice

This article was published in The Navigator‘s July 2021 issue under the title “There is No ‘Magic Machine’ Leading to Sustainable Fisheries Management.’

13. Driving to Central – A Fisheries Analogy

Here is our attempt to show why it’s impossible to calculate a correct allowable catch.

14. Gaps and Assumptions in Fisheries Management

The following letter by Changing Course‘s Helen Forsey was published in the February 2022, issue of The Navigator in response to Oceana’s Fishery Audit.

15. Echoes – Newfoundland Outport Fisheries and Indigenous Traditions

One of our projects was working on an article for an e-book on small-scale fisheries in Canada, which was featured in Thinking Big about Small-Scale Fisheries in Canada.

16. Redfish Re-Opening – Getting It Wrong

This article was published in the St. John’s Telegram on February 18th, 2024, following a DFO re-opening decision that was several years late.

17. Fishery Policy: A Better Way – Brief to the Senate Fisheries and Oceans Committee

We presented this brief to the Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans on May 2nd, 2024.

18. A Tale of Two Fisheries – and a Solution for Northern Cod.

The Navigator magazine published this article in its September 2024 issue.