[semper_libertas]

"BINGO!!"

from US_militaryrules:

"Normally, falling catches would drive some fishers out of business. But government subsidies actually encourage overfishing, Watson says, with subsidies totalling about $2.5 billion a year in the North Atlantic.

I'm a commercial fisherman and what you see in bold is the BIGGEST problem. If it was left to people who can make a living on the ocean, and not the gov subsidising it their would be less fisherman. The countries that have these fishing boat are just giving these guys jobs. They go out and catch an awful lot of juvinile fish because they have to catch fish to please their bosses. Give them a job on land somewhere so they will stop raping the ocean.

The government has been ARTIFICIALLY keeping boats IN the water hauling in fish that otherwise WOULD NOT BE PROFITABLE! Eliminate the subsidies NOW!

(gee, I was quick to jump on that bandwagon... thank goodness 'cause my legs were getting tired...hehehe)

[semper_libertas]

bigger bolder type does mean I'm more correct right?

[US_MilitaryRules]

Also. Stop eating fish caught with LONGLINES. Ask how the fish was caught when ordering your seafood. Longlines and driftnets are the most devastating ways of wiping out the fisheries. I'v been flying over the ocean for 16 years catching swordfish the old fashion way, by Harpoon. 1 at a time. We catch about 150 to 200 swordfish in a 4 month season, longliners catch 200 swords every 3 weeks all year, not to mention all the bycatch!