Jane Lubchenco’s resignation as administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency responsible for regulating the fishing industry, was greeted with bipartisan celebration by Massachusetts lawmakers. Republican Senator Scott Brown said good riddance to her “job-killing” limits on fishing. Democratic Representative John Tierney, whose North Shore district includes Gloucester, said he “welcomed” the resignation. “Our fishing community has suffered,” he said.
That may be unfair. A Harvard-educated environmental scientist, Lubchenco was a highly qualified leader whose often-well-reasoned policies were undermined by a notable lack of political savvy.
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What fishermen want is someone who will let them do whatever they want. Loss of fishery was caused by fishermen. If there's two fish left out there they'll be ten boats looking for them.
Humans do not need to hunt and kill wild animals. Fish in the ocean are wild animals. If you absolutely want to eat a fish, go out and catch one yourself. Otherwise leave the GD wild animals alone. Don't get me started. And while we're at it, ban hunting unless it is done by the state to specifically cull herds of (deer) that have grown past their natural populations due to removal of large predators, (specifically wolves, mountain lions and bears). Other than that-stop it. There is no reason to hunt and kill wild animals. We kill enough of them already with our cars and trucks and pollution.
Stop pandering to people who fish commercially. Train them to do something different. Move on.