tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248187375964492769.post7062211158307491566..comments2023-05-12T05:00:37.055-07:00Comments on Tholepin: Unconfirmed Reports and Confirmed ObservationsWiglafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14357031507262299517noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248187375964492769.post-17944748235475362662012-05-22T14:29:51.543-07:002012-05-22T14:29:51.543-07:00While I agree with your frustration in dealing wit...While I agree with your frustration in dealing with a Council who seems to only reacts when it smells big money; to work with the system is all we have. To not take action now, with a show of unity is a fool's paradise. KYFWWiglafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14357031507262299517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248187375964492769.post-17728372964879551342012-05-22T14:11:55.611-07:002012-05-22T14:11:55.611-07:00Not sure the npfmc is the route to a solution.
Th...Not sure the npfmc is the route to a solution.<br /><br />The npfmc IS the problem, more so than the draggers who are just operating under the existing rules in the most profitable way for themselves.<br /><br />We can't see the forest for the trees. The npfmc is like doing away with congress and letting Jack Abramoff set policy.<br /><br />Many trawl skippers would be happy to work under a system that rewarded them for less bycatch, not punished them for it.<br /><br />The solution is public outcry at all the lost jobs, lost fish tax and lost future opportunity that trawl bycatch causes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248187375964492769.post-72954941563480156392012-05-22T09:10:59.065-07:002012-05-22T09:10:59.065-07:00No, but maybe other readers have an idea.No, but maybe other readers have an idea.Wiglafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14357031507262299517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248187375964492769.post-27289499480003988552012-05-22T02:48:14.330-07:002012-05-22T02:48:14.330-07:00Any word on how much halibut is missing yet?Any word on how much halibut is missing yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com