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| Topic | Geez, there's some butthurt fishermen in Nova Scotia forming racist mobs... |
| faramir77 10/17/20 3:31:49 PM #14: | Antbregante posted... It's really a complex situation that goes beyond "Grr, fisherman racist." Well I definitely don't approve of the tactics used by the fisherman they have legitimate concerns about their livelihood. They have a fishing season for a reason. That's when the lobsters are more mature and as such they are larger. So fishing off season means they need to catch more of them and they are a finite resource. So now there is two groups lobster fishing as well and eventually the area is gonna be over fished and there will be no lobsters. Then the non=native fisherman and the native fisherman will both be out of luck. The non-native fishermen vastly outnumber the native fishermen. Native fishing will not make a significant impact on lobster stocks. Furthermore, native groups are almost exclusively the ones taking part in the annual seal hunt, which has a much greater positive impact on lobster stocks than native fishing has a negative impact. The treaties are law. Harvesting rights were one of the few good things native people got from the treaties. The non-native fishermen need to gain a better historical understanding of this issue. --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCtAUrZbUk -- Defeating the Running Man of Ocarina of Time in a race since 01/17/2009. -- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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