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Originally Posted by numbskull
.......but aren't most of the herring being sucked out of our NE waters (thus removing a huge portion of available forage for cod, bass, and tuna as well as killing significant bycatch) being legally sold to foreign factory ships inside US waters? Buying may not "fishing", but without the buying there would be no fishery so the end result is the same.
No chance the lack of forage is hurting cod recovery I suppose.
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No, actually a very small percentage was sold to foreign factory ships a few years ago (remember the Russian ship anchored off Jamestown?) But recently AFAIK none of the catch has been sold to foreign factory ships.