02-02-2010, 12:56 PM
Rob, not to crowd on your conversation with Tom, but the probably most knowledgeable local expert on the issue is a friend of mine and has a significant organization at his disposal that would be very likely to cooperate with a project by FoPF if you were interested in taking such a thing on. He's dealing with some family issues at the moment with aged parents but is looking for a project. If you'd like, I'll put you in touch. Let me know.
Yes, absolutely, the taking of tropical reef fish should be banned. I love to spear fish but I've quit. The reefs are beat to death here.
The other thing we need to do is create opportunities for local guys to do something other than ineffectually murder fish and throw them in the trash when they can't sell them. You can't just run around prohibiting stuff. That's the other side of the issue. There certainly are tremendously hopeful opportunities here, but we are going to need to force some creative thinking to make them viable. Otherwise we're going to continue to create a situation where the only viable option is ripping off houses.
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Yes, absolutely, the taking of tropical reef fish should be banned. I love to spear fish but I've quit. The reefs are beat to death here.
The other thing we need to do is create opportunities for local guys to do something other than ineffectually murder fish and throw them in the trash when they can't sell them. You can't just run around prohibiting stuff. That's the other side of the issue. There certainly are tremendously hopeful opportunities here, but we are going to need to force some creative thinking to make them viable. Otherwise we're going to continue to create a situation where the only viable option is ripping off houses.
http://sensiblesimplicity.lefora.com/