If there are no fish at docks in Gloucester, it is not because there are no fish in the ocean.

It is because the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is virtually prohibiting fishermen to fish. The reason is that NOAA is expected by its empowering legislation, the Magnuson-Stevens Act, to prevent overfishing. But how can a dwindling family fishing fleet do the overfishing?

Any open-minded observer is concluding that NOAA is applying an agenda-driven science.

The science of surveys is this: You know the universe; scientifically build a miniature sample to reflect the universe as closely as possible; scientifically analyze the numbers you gather in surveys.

This is the fundamental problem with NOAA’s claims about science. NOAA uses an inverted science, a science turned upside down.

From its tiny samples, NOAA wants to understand the immense universe of the ocean. Agenda, yes; science, no.

There is no science supporting NOAA’s numbers. What we find is numerology. Pick a number, any number— with the additional Rule of the House, “If I like it.” If it fits NOAA’s ideology, that will be the quota set for the coming season.

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