An interesting article on “zombie” boats depleting the fishery under government subsidies!
http://qz.com/225432/rich-countries-pay-zombie-fishing-boats-5-billion-a-year-to-plunder-the-seas/
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~my dad
Equipment:
190cc Sea Pro w/130 Johnson
1- 19 year old (boy of leisure)
1 - 1 year old (fishing maniac)
1 - wife (The Warden)
ECFC
Does this mean GM is a zombie company?
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Basically its the governments fault as usual.
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They will do what they want as long as we keep letting them. INFORMED voting!!!
I would say more than a few on food stamps and on disability would qualify for the term Zombie, Did anyone see that guy that got sentenced to 5 years in jail for defrauding the government with his disability claim? He got caught because he runs half marathons.
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Also, this… I’m not the biggest fan of him but this sure seems better than subsidizing fuel for commercial boats to decimate our oceans
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/17/obama-oceans-marine-reserves-leonardo-dicaprio
I might be wrong as I am not the smartest fish in the barrel. But isn’t that essentially the problem. The area designated sanctuary is out of international waters so wouldn’t that mean that it is only closed to us. Isn’t that the issue with these “zombie” fleets? They are basically hired pirates that plunder fisheries that are off limits. Again, I might be wrong or am ignorant to the problem.
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Originally posted by Mikey246I might be wrong as I am not the smartest fish in the barrel. But isn’t that essentially the problem. The area designated sanctuary is out of international waters so wouldn’t that mean that it is only closed to us. Isn’t that the issue with these “zombie” fleets? They are basically hired pirates that plunder fisheries that are off limits. Again, I might be wrong or am ignorant to the problem.
In this case, those uninhabited islands in the South Pacific are US territory, so our exclusive economic zone extends 200 nm around them. It’s not always that simple with islands and EEZ’s, but that’s the general rule. So we have authority to enforce our laws in those areas. Of course, enforcement will be tough since it’s the middle of nowhere.