RE: AW: AW: Overfishing (OffTopic)

["Neil, David M" <neildm@id.doe.gov>]

"I am a bayman like my father was before;

Can't make a livin' as a bayman anymore.

There ain't no future for a man who works the sea,

But there ain't no island left for islanders like me..."

          Billy Joel "The Downeaster Alexa"



The point being made is that for some (many?) commercial fishermen, it's not

their job, it's their life.



Dave Neil





-----Original Message-----

From: Jerry Cohen [mailto:jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET]

Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 5:54 PM

To: Grimm, Lawrence; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Cc: 'Ted de Castro'

Subject: Re: AW: AW: Overfishing





Perhaps I misunderstand, but it seems to me that overfishing is a

self-correcting problem. If overfishing depletes the fish population

sufficiently , wouldn't commercial fishing become unprofitable thereby

forcing the practice to be reduced or to cease altogether. I assume that

with all the hard work that is required in the fishing industry, people

would not do if they could not make a living at it.

Also, why would what is done with the fish- after they are caught- effect

the residual fish population in the fishing grounds?



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