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Environmentalists say fishery change threatens leatherbacks

March 9, 2013   Pacific

The change could open up a swordfish fishery south of Point Sur for all or part of a prohibited fishing season, when giant leatherbacks arrive from across the Pacific Ocean to dine on jellyfish off the West Coast. Fishery managers say they are confident the change wouldn’t likely jeopardize the endangered leatherback population, but environmentalists say their numbers are so low than any accidental killing is unacceptable. Read more

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Environmentalists object to 2013 sardine limits-SANTA CRUZ

November 8, 2012   Pacific

Some environmentalists are upset that federal regulators continue to set sardine catch limits they say are too high given the declining population. Advocates for the fishing industry say environmentalists’ concerns are overblown. They argue the sardine fishery is already tightly managed, and believe regulators have been missing fish in their stock assessments.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21942996/environmentalists-object-2013-sardine-limits

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Economic hardship being imposed on fishermen’s families because of four turtles (Actually it is because of bureaucratic nonsense) The Beaufort Observer

October 13, 2012   Mid Atlantic

Here’s the story. Somebody, typically a liberal group with a guilty conscience, decides the sky is going to fall unless the government “does something.” So they produce some evidence that things are falling from the sky and scream that we must have new laws and regulations to prevent a catastrophe. They ram through the laws and regulations and then the bureaucrats begin to enforce them, typically using some form of a permit system with stiff penalties for even minor violations. Depending on the disposition and attitude of the bureaucrats citizens begin to experience more and more difficulty getting permits, using their property or a public resource. The bureaucracy of tax-payer funded government regulators and enforcers grows and grows ,,,,,Read More http://www.beaufortobserver.net/Articles-NEWS-and-COMMENTARY-c-2012-10-02-263016.112112-Economic-hardship-being-imposed-on-fishermens-families-because-of-four-turtles.html

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