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Article: Battle royale is a waste of resources.(From Another Perspective)
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- National Fisherman
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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In December's column ("'Astroturf' NGOs are the real enemy" p. 8), I wrote: "Recreational fishermen, commercial fishermen and all of the consumers who enjoy locally produced seafood are the real grass roots, not front people for agenda-driven multi-billion-dollar foundations ... Working together will take coordination, cooperation and a lot of forbearance by everyone who fishes, but do we have a choice?"
Reflecting this, and to the consternation of the antis, recreational and commercial fishing groups collaborated on relaxing unnecessarily rigid rebuilding standards during Magnuson reauthorization. We've been looking at other areas of cooperation since then.
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