A Different Point of View

[Swimmer]

The total management concept such as allready has been seconded, thirded, and fourth has to be the only way to go. To try and manage one species or a third of the species at one time is micromanaging for the short haul. Managing the fishery has to envelope the entire ocean.

I just got through reading a book about lobsters and you wouldn't believe the amount of research and work that goes into sustaining the lobster fishery. From locating and protecting spawning areas, nursery areas, and cobble areas where after molting into the first hard shell they hide. It is a fishery where everyone joined hands in Maine to protect a tremendous resource. The biggest threat to the lobster(outside of manmade threats) is changing weather patterns, such as; colder winters, and wind direction fluctuation that blows the floating lobster larve into different areas where thier isn't sufficient food or hiding places for them when they sink. Much of this research surrounded work done at Woods Hole by a swedish fellow. My point is not to hijack this post but to tell of the extensive research in regard to lobsters, and that the entire fisheries should be manage and saved the same way.