Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
The cuts are real even though it is correct that not all the quota will be caught this year. Doesn't mean they won't be able to next year so the reduction is cautionary. Yes there is debate about the reasons, probably a mixture of overfishing in some areas and environmental changes. I wouldn't go as far as saying its due to climate change (to me that's a long term change, not short term like is more likely to be the case here) nor that the fishery has collapsed
I think/hope that we will see more fishery closures in the coming years too many of the quota areas are not being anywhere close to being near their "TACC", most of the operators would probably paint it as thou they are leaving it in the water, where as the truth is more likely that gross overfishing has occurred and the fishery has imploded

would be nice to see the foreign vessels kicked out all together. sure it will cost jobs, but there wont be any jobs when the Fishery has been completely obliterated.