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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) President Donald Trump's executive order to boost the U.S. commercial fishing industry drew praise from commercial fishing groups and condemnation from environmental organizations who said they fear cutting regulations will harm fish populations that have already dwindled in some areas of the oceans.
The order represents a dramatic shift in federal policy on fishing in U.S. waters by prioritizing commercial fishing interests over efforts to allow the fish supply to increase.
The president described his decision as an easy one that will improve the U.S. commercial fishing industry by peeling back regulations and opening up harvesting in previously protected areas.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fishers-celebrate-trumps-seafood-order-170513785.html
Who needs conservation?
usedtobedemgurl
(1,924 posts)msongs
(73,022 posts)TommyT139
(2,134 posts)...should not have the power to speed this planet towards disaster.
elocs
(24,486 posts)One day it will shake what remains of humanity from itself like fleas from a wolf and start over and maybe next time the result will be intelligent life.
blm
(114,414 posts)Probably even more than they loved Bush.
The secret connection between bluefin tuna and the Moonies
https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/good-food/spearfishing-bluefin-tuna-moonies-oysters/bluefin-tuna-karen-pinchin-kings-of-their-own-ocean
SWBTATTReg
(26,002 posts)that didn't seem to do the trick. Plus, too many are overfishing the Oceans anyway, the Chinese for one thing, and probably others. Countries in South America have gone after some of these Chinese fishing fleets, who are literally scooping up entire ecosystems, while damaging Ocean floors.
Be prepared for super high prices on Seafood, even if it's caught wild or farmed. It's a shame as I love seafood, but want the regulations so we'll continue to have Seafood in the decades ahead.
Mossfern
(4,603 posts)my daughter's doctorate was about conservation of fisheries and the anthropogenic effects on water temperatures and fish populations. She said more ten years ago that we're screwed. Instead of investigating ways of increasing healthy fish populations, he's dooming future generations.
Those areas are protected for a reason - they are not arbitrary.
I was going to forward this article to her, but why depress her.