Letters to the Editor – Managing bycatch, Earl Southworth
Bycatch from Seattle-based trawlers is killing Alaska’s fisheries and local fishing economy. In the early 1990s, my personal livelihood was negatively affected. Now, all Alaskan fishermen are starting to realize that they can keep fighting over the same, ever-shrinking slice of the pie, or they can band together and stand up to Seattle. Alaska fishermen seem to agree on something. In the past couple of weeks, the governor’s office has been hit by a flurry of resolutions and letters from Alaskans across all facets of Alaska’s fishing economy. Read the rest here 19:11
Damn right if you don’t STAND for SOMETHING, you’ll fall for ANYTHING. Let’s bring back the “SPIRIT” that was once “THE 1976 MAGNUSON FISHERIES ACT. Are we still “AMERICA LAND OF THE FREE and HOME OF THE BRAVE”. Or has the “NATION” been lulled into a “SOCIALIST SOCIETY” through the PEN strokes of a series of “EXECUTIVE ORDERS” ala “O’d”???