Fish, seafood on track to disappear by 2048

[Catch-All]

Take this so-called scientific report with a large bag of salt. This group is just a front for the Pew Oceans Commission. And POC is packed with for-sale hacks who will spout whatever the Pew Foundation tells them to. The Pew Foundation receives billions from the Pew Family of Phila/Radnor Pa that owns the Sun Oil Co (Sunoco). Obviously, with the Pew Foundation calling the shots, these environmental groups aren't going to say that oil pollution is a problem. Of course, the ocean's problems are from overfishing... Yeah, right.

I will concede that other countries ARE overfishing but unfortunately folks here in America don't here from the media that American fisheries are highly regulated and kept from overfishing too much.

Catch

[breel]

Jbrob you must be an intelligent dude so doesn't supply and demand drive overfishing Go pound the people that eat the mass quantities of seafood If I eat what I catch does that make me part of the problem tooo I like fish

[jbrob]

Jbrob you must be an intelligent dude so doesn't supply and demand drive overfishing Go pound the people that eat the mass quantities of seafood If I eat what I catch does that make me part of the problem tooo I like fish

supply and demand does drive the issue. Look at bluefins. High prices increased fishing efforts. And this on a spcies that has been known to be at risk for decades. For the last two years there have been few bluefins caught off New England, the reported catches and sales are less than 10% of the quota the US has. Each year for the past several years there have been fewer and fewer bluefins caught off the Carolina Coast. 10 years ago you could chum the fish up rather easily now its a trolling effort and each year the really good days are fewer. Its not just fishing pressure on the bluefin that it causing the scarcity. Herring fishing or overfishing in New England is thought to have had an effect on the bluefins feeding habits and they are not there in the numbers of just a few years ago. Pollution plays a role too. We shall see what this Carolina season brings but if last year was an indicator then it should be a little worse than last but we may be surprised.

[gradywhite273]

guys and gals point your nose in the air. Smell it. It is election time and the good ole funded firms are choosing sides. The papers and sites spewing this venom are on fire this season. Not one will stand up to the foreign countries though.

We know what problems we face in the future. The question is how much Money are we going to pay to see the future. Kick the NMFS out and re-arm with real people concerned with you interests

The truth has never been spoken so eloquently as flatbottom has, washington is a money machine, hence why NMFS is under the commerce department, yes the commerce department. Now im starting to get my panties in a bunch about this subject. Have we as sportfisherman sinned, yes there was a time back in the old days that we did, however, we are very careful and diligent about what we take from the sea, we teach our children to be careful, is it up to size, etc. We follow the rules. However the longliners indescriminately kill everything in their path.

With this in mind, the money behind the scenes is starting to feel our outrage, now all these " scientific surveys" appear. The probably most appalling thing is the senators , with the exception of one, who sit on the commerce subcommitte are all from fishing states.

Now damnit , this has to end, we need to do something and have our voices heard, maybe it won't account for a hill of beans, but if they don't hear us, things will most certainly never change.

Deep if you read this , you have my word , i will do whatever you ask me to , to help in this project.

Tim

[tunafisherman]

if you think that was enough to read......their is a group trying to pass a law saying charter captains in the Chesapeake will only be allowed to run one charter a day. The ocean charters are next on the list. Chew that for awhile when thinking about circle hooks. Let your voice be heard or plant flowers with the wife and sell the boat.....I need a black coffee

That doesnt make any sesnse. Let they go out as much as they like. But limit what they kill if you want. I think the commercial guys do all the damage more than us.

[yakk]

I think the dogfish around here will outlive the cockroaches. (my first post here: Howdy Y'all)

[SARGENT OF ARMS]

IF U REMBER A TEN YEARS AGO THEY PREDICTED AN ICE AGE WOULD START IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS . NOW THERE IS GLOBAL WARMING ?!? JUST REMBER THE WORST IT SOUNDS THE MORE FUNDING U GET !!