Jumping back, what happened back in 2018/19 when clinics in Hawaii previously lost Title X funding? They reduced services and survived on more limited local funding while Hawaii joined 21 other states in suing the Trump administration over the funding cuts. Lots of money out for Hawaii tax payers on both fronts, until the funding was ultimately restored in 2022 under Biden.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/04/trump-...l-pacific/
"Maxx Phillips, the Center for Biological Diversity’s Hawai‘i and Pacific Island director, said in a statement Thursday that the remote Pacific island areas now poised to see commercial fishing “are not just dots on a map — they are lifeboats of biodiversity and cultural heritage.”
Well there's your problem - diversity, bio or otherwise, is no longer allowed. Don't they understand that the regime only cares about overly-cooked white fish?
Several of the comments on the proposed change went into more detail about the spill-over effect shown by studies where nearby fisheries see an increase in catches because these protected areas allow for more and larger fish to develop before venturing out. It's actually better for business long term to keep large productive habitats off limits instead of a one-time razing of the resources. Like those old sustainability folks used to say - don't eat your seed stock, or you can shear a sheep many times but skin it only once, etc...
Otherwise so long and thanks for to all the fish - FTFY ;)
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/04/trump-...l-pacific/
"Maxx Phillips, the Center for Biological Diversity’s Hawai‘i and Pacific Island director, said in a statement Thursday that the remote Pacific island areas now poised to see commercial fishing “are not just dots on a map — they are lifeboats of biodiversity and cultural heritage.”
Well there's your problem - diversity, bio or otherwise, is no longer allowed. Don't they understand that the regime only cares about overly-cooked white fish?
Several of the comments on the proposed change went into more detail about the spill-over effect shown by studies where nearby fisheries see an increase in catches because these protected areas allow for more and larger fish to develop before venturing out. It's actually better for business long term to keep large productive habitats off limits instead of a one-time razing of the resources. Like those old sustainability folks used to say - don't eat your seed stock, or you can shear a sheep many times but skin it only once, etc...
Otherwise so long and thanks for to all the fish - FTFY ;)