It's not always the small boats that create the problem
by 88_92WSND (2024-01-20 12:43:21)

In reply to: New England had a crash in the cod population  posted by AquinasDomer

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For some of the fisheries, the single, large, out for weeks at a time industrial fishing vessels received a larger share of the fishing quota (and harvested a larger portion of the take). As margins got smaller, the 'fishing at scale' drove the smaller boats out - and international concerns don't give a flip about local economies. It's still going on - South American countries are dealing with Chinese fishing vessels off their coasts, often illegally.


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