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Originally Posted by scottw
you are right John, it should not be contentious among the guys here, .........I don't think you climb in bed with the devil till you are sure what the devil intends for you
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I have no passion for PEW (or for the environment for that matter......I run a boat that burns 15 gallons an hour). I have a passion for fishing.
I want fish to fish for and opportunity to do it. Under current management practices the fish are disappearing (based on 40+ years of experience). I don't need PEW to tell me this, I live it.
Closed areas threaten me, but not as much as no fish to fish for threatens me.
I have seen what current fishery science and more of the same can do......and it is not pretty.
I have also seen what PEW and CLF can do (Boston Harbor clean up and some rudimentary improvement in codfishing) and I see that as far more constructive.
Science is science........nowhere near as objective or certain as people pretend it is. Both sides can use "science" to sanctify their cause.
Fact is Fact. The fact I see is that there are one hell of a lot less fish now than earlier in my life. Current fishery management coupled with lack of recreational and commercial restraint got us here. I have NO faith at all that they will get us out.
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