Dave-- As a journalist, you have the responsibility to accurately report the facts without bias unless you're writing an editorial.

You've missed the ball on this one by a country mile. Read the NOAA Fisheries policy draft I posted on the thread about the same subject. I won't interpret it for you. Do your own work.

Although I doubt it will change your mind, at least the policy draft will show you what NOAA is proposing. That way you'll have some of the facts of the issue, and you won't have to rely on the NY Times for your research.

Keith