On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:55:18 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

I'm having a hard
time either realizing or at least figureing out how 'tens of
thousands' of jobs were lost in the fishing industry in the bay
area....

The Chesapeake is a vast body of water with many bays, tributaries and
neighboring towns. Also bear in mind that there is more to the
commercial fishing industry than the guys who go out in boats. For
every man on a boat there are probably 2 or 3 more working shoreside
in some capacity or other. Just for the sake of discussion lets
assume that there are at least 100 towns that border the Chesapeake,
and that every town had at least 100 people involved in the industry.
That works out to 10,000 jobs, and I have no doubt that the
assumptions are on the low side for both towns and people.