Beluga ban boosts domestic caviar farming [Economics 101 and the benefits of private ownership]

Yahoo News ^ | Nov 17, 2005 | Laura Zuckerman

[spanalot]

"Hunting animals in the wild makes their populations get smaller"

The problem with the beluga is POACHING. Hunting and Fishing regulations can inusre survivability

[TASMANIANRED]

I knew the ones taken from the wild were dead meat.

Just didn't know if the domestic variety were.

Seems a waste to put 10 years into a fish and then only get one harvest from them.

[grundle]

What about the feral dairy cow?

That's a domesticated cow that got back into the wild. They are the same species as the domesticated cow. So they are not endangered or extinct.

[grundle]

The problem with the beluga is POACHING. Hunting and Fishing regulations can inusre survivability

Poaching is certainly the biggest problem.

Howewver, for a lot of fish that live in the open ocean, there are no regulations, and so overfishing is still a big problem.

Private farming seems to be the best solution.

[dennisw]

I'll bet you a box of jelly doughnuts and a voyager bateau that you can't tell the difference between "wild" salmon vs "tame" salmon on my grill.

I can my friend. If they are dolled up in spices and sauces then it's more difficult. Fish farmed salmon are a damn disgrace. They have carotene added to the feed for orange color. They have impoverished Alaskan fishermen to where I can buy 16oz can of Bumblebee Alaskan pink Salmon for $1.50

[dennisw]

Bad money drives out good money. Bad salmon drives out good salmon. Please see my post just above

[dennisw]

The water off Newfoundland has been fished dry of cod and flounder. There are places on earth were the boats and fishing are tightly and fairly regulated so the fishery is preserved

DPIWE - Industry Profile - Rock Lobster
Regulation. The Tasmanian rock lobster fleet is controlled mainly by quota
management, supplemented by size limits, gear restrictions and seasonal closures. ...
www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/ WebPages/EGIL-5J375D?open - 48k - Cached - Similar pages

DPIWE - Overview of the Recreational Fishing Sector
There are also bag, size and possession limits for Abalone, Rock Lobster, ...
Fishing for Australian salmon is also extremely popular and the state has an ...
www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/ WebPages/LVAE-4ZP9F3?open - 22k - Cached - Similar pages

nfcc: national fisheries conservation center
The Western Australian lobster fishery is the first fishery in the world to be
... Regulations that increase the cost to harvest fish also reduce fishing ...
www.nfcc-fisheries.org/ir_pov_c19.html - 16k - Cached - Similar pages

 

[bill1952]

Your point is valid on the international high seas.

No question that it is very difficult to enforce anything there.

But here in the USA, game management is well overseen by Game Wardens who do observe quite closely the numbers and migratory patterns of various wild animals.

The number of game tickets is closely related to those observations.

The United States are not Neolithic hunting grounds, they are populated by humans who have removed the animals that kill and eat us, and this means that we cull the herd animals that those predators normally feed on (irrespective of what PETA type nuts want) or they will overpopulate and become extinct.

Of course, we do not populate the sea. 8^)

[bill1952]

Of course.

[bill1952]

Hi clownboy.

As I've stated, this has ZERO to do with economics.

Wild animal populate according to natural laws, not economic models.

More hunters - MORE animals in the long run, you brainless twit.

And wild animals sure do conform to economic models...

Dumbest post of the day. - Quit while you are ahead, clown.