[bksanders]

Yes CEW, I suppose we could simply "farm" the industry off shore and eat our hormonally infested environmentally correct allotment and watch our blood count dive to Asian levels.
Progress for the sake of the name is insanity.
You can't buy a damn two by four these days because of the "evolution" of that industry.
My dog can die because of the "evolution" of the pet food industry.
My appliances last one day out of warranty because of the "evolution";
My house is built like $hit because of the "evolution" of… ad nauseum

Some things are better left alone.

[C. Edmund Wright]

You make some good points, which is why I said, numerous times, that it is not a pure argument either way. It is also why I said IMO - meaning I was leaving room for the debate.

Your argument, however, is extremely weak in that you say the answer is to leave it alone. The fact sir is that fishing is getting worse and worse and worse every year for both the commercial and the sports guys. Left alone, we won’t have either industry for much longer and then the entire tourism and real estate industries on the coast will further collapse, and then we are all screwed.

Leaving it alone is not a viable answer. I wish it were.