ryanbr

The problem with your assesment of overfishing is that many of the real questions are never answered. Historical data by which current "models" are basedis not sufficient. There is a lot of conjecture but there is not enough good in water data to support true statistical modeling. Everything printed above is conjecture based on minimal observation. Most of your data is trip and effort data. I've read some of the material which gives some insight intothought processes of those doing much of theresearch and they put a great deal of emphasis on their beliefs inwhat they considertheir"ideal" ecology. Have you ever noticed that no previous study has ever been identified as being wrong. From fisheries management to the ozone hole to global warming. If you look at many of the biologists involved, you'll find most of their timehas beenspent in South Floridaand the Bahamas, with little attention payed to the northern gulf and Texas. Would you rather learn to dive in the Bahamas or around here? Most of this recovery process began more than 15 years ago. You can read much of the info from ten years ago and you'll find that we were "on our way" back then. The bar keeps being moved up right along with historical data.

Chris