In my view fishery managerment has lost credibility. This eel thing as all the elements of yet another fishery management botch job. They continue to make rulings on subjective scientific guestimates which has been their downfall. They claim that it is not their fault and it is the best science available (I think it is their fault)... The same will happen with the eel.
The same people (whomever they are)who brought us the other fishery disasters will muck up the eels too. Just watch.
Suggestion from the peanut gallery: If in fact the eel population is hardest hit by hydro-electric dams....FIX THE DAMS so that problem is a non-issue. Surely this is possible. If they could save the salmon with a fish latter they can do something for the eel. In fact I think it would be pretty easy. How come this is so long in comming?
Oh I forgot, give credit where credit is due: They saved the spiny dogfish, Lord knows we need more of them.
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