Originally Posted by MTUpower

That's the standard thought of the people of the Phillipines- which is why the waters there are barren. Fishing was easy when you throw a grenade in the water- but then it kills everything. It's sickening to see nothing underwater there. We as humans do not have the "right" we have the "ability". We have to stop looking at the fish as resources that certain groups have the license to harvest and start looking at how to keep the stock numbers high and still allow many to fish and eat. The first step is to allow less commercial catch and more recreational catch that people eat. Fish that are caught and eaten by recreational methods create huge jobs numbers and have a positive economic ripple effect that commercial fishing cannot compare to. Commercial fisheries have the upper hand in the national fisheries management councils however and pretty much control council policies to the detriment of the fish and the rest of the human population. The biggest problem is international cheating on already unrealistic high catch quotas- there are almost no negative consequences to the countries or fishing companies that break agreements.