"U.S. move signals hope for saving marine habitats"

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yared22311@yahoo.com - 21 Feb 2005 18:07 GMT

U.S. move signals hope for saving marine habitats
Seeking to protect deep-sea coral beds and other sensitive fish
habitat, a U.S. federal fishing council banned bottom trawling this
month over more than 370,000 square miles off Alaska's Aleutian
Islands, the largest such action taken anywhere in the world.
at http://www.washtimes.com/world/20050220-100703-7802r.htm

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BHerb - 01 Mar 2005 00:19 GMT

So that's all well and good, but is it enough? Is it impossible for us
to just say "hmmm sure i like my cod fish, but i htink there must be a
better way. I don't think we need more cod RIGHT NOW, can't we keep
fishing for them they way did before we began bottom trawling? Am i too
emotional about this? i try and look at things logically and agree that
the preservation of the area around the Aleutians is a step in the
right direction, but I don't understand why preserving our planet
should be a question of compromise. I know there's several groups
trying to stop bottom trawling because of it's destructive nature, the
anwer and evidence to me seems conclusive, but governments still
sidestep the issue by just marking off an area, saying no-no and just
driving the practicioners to another area. Does that make it anyless
destructive?

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Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Oceanography / March 2005

"U.S. move signals hope for saving marine habitats"