Oh the Irony

Here is an interesting irony. The article below lists the nine dirtiest commercial fisheries in the U.S., one of which is, of course, southeast red snapper with a 66 percent discard rate. Another is the southeast shrimp fishery with a discard rate of 64 percent.







So, two of the dirtiest fisheries in the U.S. are hammering Gulf red snapper, and yet just this week the “Environmental” Defense Fund helped the Gulf commercial red snapper fishery win a court case against recreational angling and further solidify its stranglehold on this fishery. The article below was compiled by Oceana.







Perhaps the environmental groups should compare notes…





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