Posted on 12/27/2010 6:12:57 PM PST by Ron C.
Barrack Obama came to office with an agenda to fundamentally change America. An element of his agenda is a plan, known as catch shares, to restructure the nation's fishing industry. The author of his plan is Dr. Jane Lubchenco, the environmentalist rock star and former vice chairperson of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). When it comes to the oceans, the protection of fish, and the punishment of the evil fishermen, Dr. Lubchenco is as extreme as Obama's former green jobs czar, Van Jones.
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The Valley was skewered over some time before BO took office.
This multi-front attack on our economic system and our lives could only happen in a reach around political environment.
I hope not, but I might be on Obama’s side on this one.
Fishing has become too darn efficient and we’re wiping out the fish stocks. The devastation of the Newfoundland cod banks is a good example.
We need some method of regulating fishing worldwide. Better yet, we need to rely on “farmed” fish and shellfish.
Farmed fish and shellfish from Asia already account for the vast majority of seafood consumed in the United States. The scheme being promoted to “manage” our marine resources is not designed to improve them but rather to transfer control.
Obama promised to “spread the wealth around”. The EO Ocean’s Policy will allow for a council of unelected bureaucrats to determine fisheries, minerals, energy, and defense uses of our marine resources. Catch Shares = Carbon Trading. The players are the same.
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“Average” - recheck the lowest gasoline figures in 2009 and also around November 3rd 2008 - and even earlier
Businesses and investors reacted quickly when they saw 0ponzi was elected
There have been numerous graphs posted by FReepers on FR threads that show the skyrocketing prices for gasoline and electric power
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PS - Snopes is run by mucho biased radical leftie couple
Unlike Wikipedia - their pages cannot be edited and corrected or updated by readers
Today on FOX News Channel an industry official said within a few years that gasoline could be $5.00/gal.
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Many biologists want all all fishing shut down. So that then they can "study" the environment. I have heard it with my own ears!
Do not look, do not touch. Their own private playground, no others allowed, other than taxpayers "allowed" to be paying them to keep everyone else OUT.
This sort of attitude is growing amongst government employees.
Thank God for the Second Amendment.
Thank you for the reply.
“there are big aquaculture operations in South America.”
True. I forgot about the 57 US states.
Catch shares work very well in Alaska. I'm not sure why anyone would object to them so strongly in New England. The author seems afraid that big corporations will buy up all the catch shares, but so what? If big corporations are more efficient at fishing, then that's who should be doing it. I don't care if all the mom-and-pop operators sell out.
This fetish for small business among some conservatives is something I can't understand.
Perhaps NOAA set the catch limits too conservatively in New England (I don't have the expertise to evaluate that decision), but I don't see why that should worry me very much. Worst case, we'll seafood prices will be higher than they need to be in the short term. But long term, there's nothing to worry about. Excessively low catch limits today will simply result in bigger stocks, and hence higher catch limits and lower prices, tomorrow. Big deal.
And no, I really don't care if a few small fishing businesses go under as a result.
From that article:
“She says scientists must lead politicians and the public to create a world that is “ecologically sound, economically feasible and socially just.”
Scientists creating a socially just world?
What we are seeing is a non-violent socialist coup.
Big corporations possess economies of scale in paperwork and overhead not shared by mom and pop. Their liabilities are also limited, unlike mom and pop. Their lobbyists, the donations of their owners' tax-exempt foundations to green groups, and political money are big drivers of much of the regulatory mess that is killing this country, also unlike mom and pop.
So I guess you don't care if "investors" buy market share with collectivist dollars and then jack up the prices in a fascist oligopoly market.
Too many different ones, lol. Came up with one I didn’t even recall knowing!
The ageda of the current government appears to be very clear. It is national suicide on a grand scale. Reversing this course will not be an easy task.
In my first post I mentioned eating Lamb Chops and used North’s name but I should have said Sherri Lewis, the ventriloquist.
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I fear you're right on this...
Memory ‘laffs’ too, lol.
If that's true, then realizing those economies of scale will create real efficiency gains that will benefit seafood consumers.
Their liabilities are also limited, unlike mom and pop.
Nothing is stopping mom and pop from forming an LLC, giving them the exact same liability limits as any large corporation.
Their lobbyists, the donations of their owners' tax-exempt foundations to green groups, and political money are big drivers of much of the regulatory mess that is killing this country, also unlike mom and pop.
If that's true, then the solution is to stop the regulatory mess, not to prevent big corporations from buying catch shares.
So I guess you don't care if "investors" buy market share with collectivist dollars and then jack up the prices in a fascist oligopoly market.
LOL. Fishing oligopoly? You've got to be kidding. Commercial fishing is one of the least concentrated industries around, even if you ignore all the mom and pop operations.
Dang, guess you gotta take your grill with you and eat em quick. Filet and release.
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