Originally Posted By: Lead Bouncer
Originally Posted By: SBD
Been a big fan of 100% retention for trawlers for years. Everything counted, processed, used for fishmeal or donated, its been done in the North Sea for Years. Skipper hits his bycatch cap before he reaches his allocations he gets to paint boat for the rest of the year.


Great plan. When the habitat no longer sustains harvestable levels of many species of commercial catch, what will do, besides shrug your shoulders.



I dont know how you came up with your conclusion about my post. Im not arguing efficiency. Im talking about tearing up the habitat with bottom dragger gear until the food chain is destroyed. The attitude displayed by some in commercial harvest is, the Ends Justfiies the Means. Trawlers dont care about anything except their next paycheck. Oh, ya, its all about the sea. What a rush.

I wonder how close those Norwegians get to the sunken Nuclear equipment off the coast of Russia.