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Old 03-29-2013, 03:12 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by striperman36 View Post
it's all about MSY
It sure is. MSY is just a technical way of saying "what's the most we can take to *hopefully* prevent species collapse."

The problem is that counting fish is a very inaccurate science. As such, they need to take their already terrible data and include a buffer. Making decisions based on poor data is no better than just guessing.
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