With IFQs or catch shares , the number of boats goes downhill fast; jobs are eliminated, Money starts getting scraped off the top and is sent off to other places in lease fees. Who has and who doesn't have, gets to be obvious and the discourse that evolves from that is terrible. People are thrown into panic, they see their neighbors going thru the same turmoil and uncertainty , and the fact that their life as they knew it, isn't happening anymore, It's no fault of theirs. People in power didn't listen and didn't care anyway, as all they see is $ signs!
No matter what some groups say about how it's going to be better in the long run and just wait and see, be patient. I can tell you all from personal experience, living in Kodiak Ak, since 1981, that the proof of the economic impact of IFQs for Halibut, sablefish and crab, has had a devatating effect on our once vibrant and exciting economy! there is hardly anywhere for a new guy to get in . a person has to be rich first to fish halibut, tho it used to energize and encourge participation and the bounty the ocean brought. this plan is all about greed for the powerful. I truly hope that this suit is the beginning, or at lest a continuation, of the bright light being shown on the injustice of the privatization of our ocean resources, and that acknowledgement that there is no way to give a resource to 'any one', and have it be 'fair to ' everyone else'! We are sharing equally now, or were, at least there was opportunity in other systems. Catch shares are about the elimination of opportunity, because someone else has already taken it and there is none left for the rest of us. Abolish Catch Shares , under ALL CIRCUMSTANCES! It's all here' 'Enclosing the Fisheries, People, Places and Power'., by Lowe and Carothers. Thank You Your Honors, and I truly hope you can see the big picture, and see fit on one OWNS the fish, before it's caught!
Thank you, Rhonda Maker 907 481 3100
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