How The Commercial Fishing Industry Robs Coastal Indigenous Communities | Forbes

[@waltproctor9071]

They recreational sector has traditionally overcocked their allocation for the last 15 years.

[@waltproctor9071]

Stop all commercial netting put vms on all recreational vessels.

[@kadinsnook9994]

Interesting take care to elaborate on how to mitigate the effects of food chain lost to communities dependant on "net fisheries" . Also, any concepts as to why VMS would help the rec fishery? What measures would need to be included with VMS to make sense. What about hook and line fisheries that are proving unsustainable ? How about international mix stocked fisheries. Does the state stop, to permit another state to catch the rest? What if, we ceased harvest 100% on certain stocks and they still would show a depletion curve? How does stopping nets address the key issues of habitats, climate change, and pollution from international urbanization? Trust me when I say I feel you but the picture is so much bigger than harvest on harvest off in a single country. Fishing economies exist on a global level and International groups generally only look at stock composition and plan harvest. There are tools that are increasing our opportunities to deal with UUI. There are limited tools in terms of protecting fish from pollution. Its important to recognize the ocean as about 20% as productive as it was in the 1900's (based on harvest rates). So when we are thinking of solution management needs to evolve beyond the gear is the problem here. Ill leave it here, net fisheries are not the only thing we do that is unsustainable to fishing. When i think about hollistically I think its often tied to population growth and increased demand on the seafood sector to provide pallatable protient to the masses. The fact these fisheries weren't properly managed from the start and that its often quantum and habitat loss for these species that are killing them not gear. There are sustainable types of net fisheries such as beach siene which do less impact then a hook and take beacause what is caught is kept and what doesnt need be kept can be released and while there is stress from capture it is substantively less then a hook and line fishery creates. Its not one things its a shift across all ways of life. Hishuk ish tsawalk-everything is one (Nuu-chah-nulth dialect) We often forget we as people are part of this system and I think more energy on to changes of philosophy would have more impact. Such as, instead of this needs to happen and this is the problem. too what can we do collectively to ensure we protect species that are integral to our way of life? What sacrifices need to be made collectively and what mitigation needs to occur in other for us to see an successful outcome. Great concept to start, dragging bad, trapping not so good for habitat (depending on fishery). Terminal fisheries unmanaged have a risk for local depletion. however, mixed stock fisheries (West-Cost salmon)Can have a global depletion .imagine if no seining occurred in B.C until now. We can look at DNA and go holy cow seining out here poses a risk to 37 unique genetics stocks. (some stocks as small as 100 fish some into the millions ). gillnet here is bias to large fish and the breed stock. Recreational fishers conduct a considerable about catch and release fisheries. This is time where global freedom of the water doesn't work. Trolling here shows the prefered hunting ground of this stock group or, gillnetting in this area threatens countless upstream stocks. These are things that would need to be consider and are now. The problem is its a little late and it takes more then just harvest management it will take enhancement and conservation of some groups. Habitat rebuilding for others. accommodate

[@Sean-fb7cy]

Traditional fisheries never did any harm. 8000 years of trap methods prove this

[@clarisndoro-mashingaidze3486]

Great content.

[@conanthedestroyer7123]

All Commercial and Industrial fishing need to be outlawed. Let the seas and oceans return to their natural state. Allow only manmade lake fish farming to feed the masses. Self-sustainment fishing is okay as long as limits are in place to protect from overfishing.

[@rbog8345]

The problem is that most of the fishfood is made of wild caught fish, so farm raised isn't the solution

[@conanthedestroyer7123]

@@rbog8345 Fish food is many times made from shrimp which can be farm raised from human made lakes. Fish food can be made from shrimp and farm raised fish parts to replace the wild fish additive.

[@AdmiringDessert-lr8ib]

❤️💛🤍🖤✊🦅🇨🇦👏👏👏👏👍 I'm Mi'kmaq and I agree with @conanthedestroyer7123

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[@shanechostetler9997]

Not true in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

[@miguelito2361]

Just what the world needs. More licensing and policing to prevent people from doing anything that might actually allow them to provide for themselves.

[@mariacarmenalonso2235]

Saludos! Podría ser el español? Gracias & salud!

[@chimpken_nugget]

this is just so bad

[@soucentelha]

Lol