To the editor:
If the uninformed or misinformed general public don't know why we, as fishermen, are so upset, allow me to present, for your consideration, a hypothetical analogy for the moment.
Let's suppose that Magnuson-Stevens Act landed on shore regulating a variety of issues. What would be the implications of it implementation, as it is currently interpreted and applied, mean to the general public?
Would we be required, within a 10-year time frame to rebuild native flora and fauna to their historic levels of abundance?
Would neighborhoods be bulldozed and families dislocated to replenish spotted salamanders? Would it be mandated that we bring back wolves, panthers, and other high level predators, to their former niches in the ecosystem?
Perhaps most importantly, consider the indigenous people of this continent: Would we return their traditional lands?
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