Re: Spearfishing
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02/24/01 11:20 PM
02/24/01 11:20 PM
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Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 74 DeSoto, Texas
Edd
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Hey Munichchick, I did my best to ignore your post, but since this topic persists, I'll respond. I'm a trained fisheries culturist (I raise fish) and I've been a guide and Captain for over 20 years. I know a few things about fish, and about fishing. The notion that spearfishing could have any impact at all on the fisheries stock is entirely absurd.Even if every diver in the world engaged in spearfishing, the impact would be far too small to even measure. One gill netter in Belize would kill more fish in a day than all of the spearfishermen in the world could kill in a year. I don't understand the attraction to spearfishing, just as I don't understand the attraction to bow fishing. But, I do know from a scientific perspective, that neither of these activities pose any threat to fish stocks. If you want to jump someone's ass about fisheries preservation in Belize, start with the gill netters, the guys with hundreds of fish traps, and the foreign longliners. That's where the problem is. Some guy that wants to go spearfishing for the day might make a fun target for you, but he poses no threat to the fisheries resource.
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