These people have been spouting their thing for a long time but when you
examine some of their theories, things fall apart.
For instance, oysters and clams in the PNW. As you know Chuck, oysters are
farmed all over Puget Sound and Hood Canal. They grow alongside wild oysters
in the exact same waters. They are NOT harvested by dredge as they would
have you believe! Dredging (for seafood) is not allowed anywhere I know of!
Look at trolling for salmon. Many runs in Puget Sound are endangered but a
trolled line can't tell the difference. They say thats okay because the
unmarked fish can be released. In actuality, all are kept because a salmon
has little chance of surviving after being drug all over the ocean.
Also, they say hook and line caught bottom fish is good because the
unwanted can be released unharmed. That's a real hoot! If you ever reeled up
a yelloweye or canary rockfish from 300 foot, you'll see his stomach is
hanging out his mouth and his eyes are bulging out. This is due to having a
swim bladder and rapid decompression. This fish will not survive if set
free. Canary and yelloweye are both on the overfished endangered list.
I could go on but you get the picture.
Gordon



"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:


Do you have a link to the folks putting this stuff out?

http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/seafoodwatch.asp