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Sweetwater · 12-05-2005, 06:35 PM

If the american eel is in trouble, it would do us all well to participate in conservation. Similarly for river herring. While fisherman use a rather low percentage of eels (compared to eels used for food consumption in Europe and Asia), if we think about the future, our children, and grandchildren; we shouldn't be short-sighted here.

It would be nice to set a "quota" rather than a "ban" and maybe a "set-aside" for use by domestic (US/Canada) fishermen, but we live in a world where humans have a dramatic impact on the environment. Think this through before you take a stand one way or the other.

12-05-2005, 06:35 PM	#3
Sweetwater Ruled only by the tide iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Truro Posts: 801	eels If the american eel is in trouble, it would do us all well to participate in conservation. Similarly for river herring. While fisherman use a rather low percentage of eels (compared to eels used for food consumption in Europe and Asia), if we think about the future, our children, and grandchildren; we shouldn't be short-sighted here. It would be nice to set a "quota" rather than a "ban" and maybe a "set-aside" for use by domestic (US/Canada) fishermen, but we live in a world where humans have a dramatic impact on the environment. Think this through before you take a stand one way or the other.
	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.