[who_would_fardels_bear]

I don't know that they're commies. Sports fishing and farming have always been at odds, especially with regard to water issues. The sports fishers want lots of water to flow into the sea so they have more fish to catch, but the farmers want it to soak into the land to grow crops.

I can see where pollution from cows and clam farms harm fisheries.

This is most likely not a case of commies vs good ole' American farmers. It's most likely about upper class fly fishermen hobbyists vs. large scale farming operations, i.e. lawsuits protecting the privileged few vs. those of us who want to buy milk or get steamed clams at a reasonable price.

This is like the river rafters who want to demolish dams so that a relatively small number of rafting hobbyists can have their way over the multitudes that benefit from the dams.

[kiryandil]

lawsuits protecting the privileged few vs. those of us who want to buy milk or get steamed clams at a reasonable price.

Agreed.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“ The sports fishers want lots of water to flow into the sea so they have more fish to catch, but the farmers want it to soak into the land to grow crops.”

They are commies Jim