Threatened. A great Guest Editorial by Frank Amato

A Straight shooting article by Frank Amato , not to be missed.

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/ldy

I sure agree with the premise of the article.

I lived on the west coast and watched the export of many many tons of herring roe to Japan. Sure it provides a few jobs in our coastal communities but the herring are what is needed to preserve our salmon stocks. When the Herring roe fishery first caught hold We locals noticed right away the decline in the Salmon both in size and in numbers. You cannot harvest the salmons food supply and expect the salmon to thrive. Would you dredge up the spawning beds of Trout or Bass and send the eggs away and still expect the stocks to thrive? It doesn't make sense, Frank does.

Just my opinion.

I do have some technical issues with the proposal to fertilize streams. This would seem, from a limnological perspective, to be a risky venture that could negatively impact water quality and the ecological ntegrity of the system.

The key parts of the article on reducing fish stock depletions is right on the mark. There are myriad scientific publications that detail the impacts of over harvesting on fish populations and long term effects on fish populations and communities.