Univ. of Washington Rejects Greenpeace Smear of Prof. Ray Hilborn, Says He Fully Discloses Funding
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton June 13, 2016
When Greenpeace is caught denying scientific consensus, their reaction is to try and claim that the scientists are not independent, but simply mouthpieces for the industry Greenpeace is targeting.
This has been an effective tactic in fighting global warming, as there is evidence of a concerted campaign by the fossil fuel industry to fund the 1% of scientists who take a contrary view against the well-established scientific consensus on causes of global warming.
Greenpeace badly lost a public campaign claiming trawling was hugely impacting corals in the major Canyons of the Bering Sea. [Short answer: the Canyons are not coral habitat, and bottom trawling was already prohibited. ] They then tried to use the same tactic of making false claims against renowned fishery scientist Ray Hilborn, who has led the building of a global scientific consensus about how to measure overfishing, and determine when it is or is not occurring...
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