Quote:You didn't even look at the WA fisheries report that has fully debunked your above garbage
How so Jason? Does natural selection work backwards in WA?
Quote:Didn't WA fisheries recently reduce the rec catch by 50% of snapper and duhfish etc by using traditional means?
So you agree with me - What this means is that continually stricter regulations will be necessary... ?
Quote:How do you get both at the same time?
More people wanting to go fishing, and more economic pressure to catch fish, better technology and resources etc. Simple really. That's why we have more fishing regulations and less fish in the ocean than the aborigines did (yes, both at the same time).
Quote:The main mangement tool used in our waters is input reductions eg limiting the number of boats, the gear they can use closed seasons etc.
These are largely catch-up responses to dwindling catches and other restrictions. There is still over-capacity - more than enough to overharvest stocks if things start to go wrong. Cuts to number of boats are largely a political response to the historical mismanagement or changes to technology making fishing licences useless of unprofitable.
Quote:Poorly designed marine parks can lead to adverse changes in species assemblages.
In your fevered imagination and hypotheticals that have little connection to the real world they can. In reality, they don't.
Quote:Looks like someone else doesn't know the difference between terrestial mammals and fish stocks.
What is the difference? The theory of natural selection only applies to terrestrial mammals?