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NORTH CAROLINA: Are the numbers sufficient to decide whether certain fish species are endangered? |
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There is a vociferous debate going on in North
Carolina right now between commercial fishermen and sports fishermen.
Due to a highly funded lobbying campaign the sports fishermen are
winning. They are the ones who fish as a hobby. Commercial fishermen
are the traditional mainstay of the industry that provides seafood for
fish markets. The current issue is explained in a recent article posted here on House Bill 353.
At the heart of HB 353 is an argument that certain
species of fish are becoming endangered. That argument is based on data
collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA). That the same bunch that each year issues hurricane projections
which are notoriously inaccurate. Read the complete story from The Beaufort Observer.
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."