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Mr. Sandman · 03-21-2007, 03:01 PM

I know. I read that and it confirmed my worst fears about comm fishing and the state of fisheries department in this country and throughout the world. OK I will say they are dramatizing it to some degree but if they are 1/2 right, we are still dead meat. They need to basically stop comm fishing for most species for at least a decade to get this back on track. They have been overfishing tuna by 4X the sustainable rate and last year took so many Blue fin tuna from the med that they don't think the species can recover.

I have given up and lost all hope in our fisheries departments. IMO MA DMF is just as bad as Europe.

03-21-2007, 03:01 PM	#2
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	I know. I read that and it confirmed my worst fears about comm fishing and the state of fisheries department in this country and throughout the world. OK I will say they are dramatizing it to some degree but if they are 1/2 right, we are still dead meat. They need to basically stop comm fishing for most species for at least a decade to get this back on track. They have been overfishing tuna by 4X the sustainable rate and last year took so many Blue fin tuna from the med that they don't think the species can recover. I have given up and lost all hope in our fisheries departments. IMO MA DMF is just as bad as Europe.