Must Read

[SamRiley]

Came across these links on another site. Why bycatch must be dumped before hitting port is beyond me. A layman's view but I would set regional/national quotas for species (both saleable & bycatch combined) and shut down the fishery once the quota was met. Help the fishermen work towards a 100% saleable catch. Bycatch should be sold/donated/repurposed/exported/whatever and the proceeds/savings should go towards finding ways of reducing bycatch (improving sales for fishermen) and getting more accurate catch numbers, helping to better maintain/rebuild species. Wasting fish is moronic and should be outlawed.

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/299/nation/A_once_great_industry_on_the_brink-.shtml

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2003/10/27/mistrust_between_scientists_fishermen_mars_key_mis sion/

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2003/10/28/its_all_about_end_runs_for_the_special_interests/

[Mark Cahill]

It was indeed up yesterday morning...

http://reel-time.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34239

Sickening article to read.

BTW, the articles are deal links now. Globe archives 48 hours later.