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To: TigersEye
Fisherman don't kill their own trade.

Unfortunately they do. They might change from one species to another, but overfishing is a problem. While some fishermen might self regulate, others are out to for the quick profit without long term consideraion for the trade.

52 posted on 05/30/2008 9:29:24 PM PDT by kaboom
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To: kaboom

That’s what happened with cod and striped bass along the East Coast of the USA for awhile. I think sport fishermen were influential in reducing the commercial fishing season and the size of the fishing boats’ catch.

I’m not certain whether their numbers have recovered but I do know swordfish and Patagonia toothfish (AKA Chilean sea bass, which is really not a bass) numbers were also hit hard by their popularity as restaurant fare.


54 posted on 05/30/2008 9:45:10 PM PDT by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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To: kaboom

How long have the Turks been fishing tuna?


58 posted on 05/30/2008 10:50:41 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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