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You don't need to go back to 1623. Talk to fishermen who have been working the same waters for 30 years, the decline is very apparent.
by ericmcer 4y ago
You don't need to go back to 1623. Talk to fishermen who have been working the same waters for 30 years, the decline is very apparent.
- Balero 4y agoI think there is use in looking much further back. If we are looking only 30 years (or even 300) we are not looking back to where the decline started, only at that recent point of the decline. The issue with this to me is setting a bad 'target' to aim for for conservation. Say 30 years ago the fishery was at 80% depleted, and today it is 95% depleted, then conservation looking only 30 years back could decide to stop (or more likely lose political will) at that 80% mark.