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Sweetwater · 07-13-2005, 08:51 PM

I'm very suspicious when people get too excited about a 1-season drop in a population. This has been an odd year on many counts. See: Red tide, largest menheden in years, very large squid population, low herring population....etc.

Things run in cycles. Not every species has a successful recruitment class every year. Let's not panic. The marine ecology is extremely complex and not even the top marine biologists understand from year to year why certain species prosper and others decline.

The bottom line is to ALWAYS manage EVERY fishery (stock) carefully and practice good conservation methods on a consistent bases. But we shouldn't over-react or take extreme measures based on a single season.

07-13-2005, 08:51 PM	#3
Sweetwater Ruled only by the tide iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Truro Posts: 801	herring drop I'm very suspicious when people get too excited about a 1-season drop in a population. This has been an odd year on many counts. See: Red tide, largest menheden in years, very large squid population, low herring population....etc. Things run in cycles. Not every species has a successful recruitment class every year. Let's not panic. The marine ecology is extremely complex and not even the top marine biologists understand from year to year why certain species prosper and others decline. The bottom line is to ALWAYS manage EVERY fishery (stock) carefully and practice good conservation methods on a consistent bases. But we shouldn't over-react or take extreme measures based on a single season.
	Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.