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As a fisherman who practices sustainable fishing and abides by the regulations in place, and has witnessed the rebound of several species I target, I call bulls
by andrew_ 4y ago
As a fisherman who practices sustainable fishing and abides by the regulations in place, and has witnessed the rebound of several species I target, I call bullshit.
- ROTMetro 4y agoBy 'rebound' do you mean slightly above such catastrophic depletion that action was finally taken? Kind of a low baseline.
- naikrovek 4y agoit's crazy how you think you know more about this than the person who wrote the comment you replied to.
- ROTMetro 4y agoAh yes, how dare I challenge a fisherman whose income is based on 'harvesting' from the ocean (imagine an entire industry the existed by going into national forests and harvesting whole herds of elk or flocks of birds, people wouldn't stand for it, but somehow fisherman are ok). I read through his previous comments, nothing indicates it is beyond the pale for me to ask he expand on this 'rebound'. He stated there was a rebound, I asked what 'rebound' means as he provided pretty nebulous information. Should I not be allowed to ask him to expand on his statement? Especially since he claims his 'rebound' allows him to call 'bullshit' on others.
- jeffbee 4y agoIf the regulations lead to a complete disappearance of the fishery then they are definitionally unsustainable.
- llbeansandrice 4y agoHow are you able to implicate the regulations here directly? The fishery collapsed 90% in 2 years, something else is at play.
- Tiktaalik 4y agosaid every fisherman ever. In the maritimes when the cod collapsed they blamed seals.
- jeffbee 4y agoPushing a species to the brink of extinction and then blaming whatever natural event dealt the fatal blow is standard for humans.
- llbeansandrice 4y agoCod collapsed 90% in _30 years_ and was not regulated in nearly the same way as snow crab is. Your dismissive tone isn't constructive and betrays your lack of knowledge.