It's that attitude that creates the problem. You're opinion couldn't be any more myopic. It's like saying "A guy can make a living robbing houses, you fault him for that!" I don't think you will find a person on this board or anywhere who has a problem with someone working for a living. It's honorable, more people should try it. But we're talking about a public resource which by right should be shared by everyone. The age old problem is time and time again commercial fishing has not only decimated stocks but in certain cases have completely wiped them out. That can't be argued! In addition, look at the impact it has not just on the ecosystem but on species not targeted. How many skates were in that trawl? How many short fluke were in that trawl? Whether they went back or not is another story they were killed for what?

The issue here is a small group of businesses are exploiting the public resource at the detriment to all others. And in the process of doing so they are doing irreparable damage to an ecosystem with their equipment. If you can't see that you're blind! If commercial guys want to make a living, let them pick up a rod and reel like the rest of us but allow them to sell their catch back at the dock.

I wouldn't consider myself to be an environmentalist but to look at that video and see the amount of waste is pathetic. And anyone who doesn't feel it I feel sorry for. Can't tell you how many times I've seen acres of floating spike whiting in the mud hole over the years and now they're gone. It's nothing more than a few business who could care less about any other resource other then the species they"re targeting. And the resources they're killing belongs to all of us. It's a shame to say the least.

Tony if your house gets robbed tonight guess what "The guy was just trying to make a living!"

Dakota