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Originally Posted by Chris_JC
....but I did not know too much about PEW Charitable Trust. From the quick reading I did today about them it looks like they are a conservation group working towards responsible fishing (commerical/rec) and not the elimination of fishing as well improved habitat/environment.
So, I guess my point is given PETA's agenda on fishing I can disregard their opinions but from what I read about about PEW it looks like their studies, opinions, donations to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and its thoughts on bluefin tuna can be taken more reputably when connecting the dots between the groups.
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Chris, thank you for the taking the time to look at some of this stuff.
I would suggest that when talking about PEW you look a bit deeper at exactly who they fund.
you see, PEW does very little directly and the bulk of the work done by anti-fishing groups is PAID FOR by PEW.
For example, in addition to MFCN (which has been a major opponent of fishermen for years) PEW has funded groups like EDF (Environmental Defense Fund) Ocean Conservancy (where our wonderful dogfish problem originated) and many, many others.
PEW "science" has been questioned often (like Dr. Worm's Study) and has many times been considered "the best science money can buy."
Another example, PEW funded groups have been known to refuse a scientist the ability to publish his/her work done at their behest because the conclusions did not fit with their agenda and did not come to the conclusions they were looking for.
A scientist who's name would be familiar to many here had just such an issue in the past.
Groups like SSFFF have made it a point to allow anyone doing work for them to publish the results of their work REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME of whatever study/work they were doing.
There is grant funded science for the sake of accuracy and there is grant funded science looking to arrive at a specific, predetermined answer.
Just a word of caution when looking at PEW and those they fund.
You'll also notice that PEW receives a massive amount of money from the Sun oil family fortune, and oddly enough none of the work PEW funds deals with environmental issues revolving around oil.
Hmmmmmm......
