Catching criticism on 'rockfish tuberculosis' - Bad news keeps grants

Baltimore Sun ^ | June 21, 2002 | Dan Rodricks

[Cincinatus' Wife]

ACCORDING TO Ed O'Brien, skipper of the charter fishing boat Semper Fidelis III, the column that appeared in this space last Friday was "so inaccurate ... totally in the extremity ... way out of perspective ... read by a lot of people" and now "killing" men who make their money by taking others out on the Chesapeake to catch rockfish.

Captain Ed might sound a little extreme himself, but I guess he needs to go there to counter what he sees as an attack on his livelihood.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I also have a tendency to trust scientists.

He shouldn't be so trusting.

[John H K]

For FReepers outside of MD/VA, Rockfish = Striped Bass.

I personally have caught a grand total of 1 diseased rockfish in the last 4 years.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thank you for the info!

[jimtorr]

I guess I don't make the distinctions so easily. I take a more holistic view of this. I also have a tendency to trust scientists. So, suffering from that condition, I see the rockfish as yet another life form stressed by the mess we've made of its environment.

What a self-righteous, know-more-than-you boob. Yet another boob writing for the Balt. Sun who sees his pet enviral cause as the most important thing on earth.

He says himself the the Rock Fish is resurgent in the Bay. How could this be, if they are all infected with this horrible disease?

A boob who trust scientists who receive grant money to find diseased fish. Right. I guess he ignores all of the environmental research fraud that's been found in the past several years.