Capt_Keith
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 Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:13 pm Post subject: Where it all comes from |
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Ex. Order 12852 (Clinton) created the Presidents Council on Sustainability (PCSD).
The purpose of the PCSD was to incorporate the UN Agenda 21 policies (REJECTED BY THE SENATE) into US federal regulations. Here are the recomendations on fisheries and here you will see the genisis of where the destruction of the American fishing industry stems from.
This came out in 1994. In 1996 The Sustainable Fishing Act was passed by Congress molding the MSA to conform to Agenda 21. In 1998 the SAFMC passed Amendment 4,The License Limitation Plan to the SA Snapper/Grouper FMP. This complied with the UN Agenda 21, Chapter 17 calling for reduction in "Overcapitalization". It eliminated most of the permit holders in that fishery by them not being able to qualify to renew their permit.
The Precautionary Principal is Item 15 of the Rio Declaration which is part of Agenda 21.
This is why the Wreckfish quota was reduced from 2 mil. # down to 234,000 approx. with no stock assessment. Also a primary reason SA red snapper is closed and Black Sea Bass and why even though Golden Tilefish are no longer Overfished and Overfishing is not occurring and the stock biomass is rated at a "high" level no increase in the catch is recommended which also is down to an artifically low level.
Additionally, the Marine Protected Area inititive is a part of this also. Its the marine extension of The Wildlands Project which has a goal of 50% of the land converted to Core Wilderness Areas with little to no human use. The NRC publication on MPA's referred to them as a key part of implementing the Convention on Biodiversity which is the UN treaty the Senate rejected.
The "allocation" system= ITQ'S, Catch Shares, is right out of this. All now a top priority of NOAA and never approved by Congress.
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http://summits.ncat.org/natural_resource/action.php
POLICY RECOMMENDATION 6
RESTORATION OF FISHERIES
Restore habitat and eliminate overfishing to rebuild and sustain depleted wild stocks of fish in U.S. waters.
ACTION 1. The U.S. Department of Commerce - in conjunction with the National Marine Fisheries Service; the Regional Fisheries Management Councils; and other relevant federal agencies, state fisheries management agencies, and tribes – should develop fishery management plans that remove the human causes of fish population decline, including the elimination or mitigation of habitat degradation activities and incentives that encourage such activity.
These plans should adopt the precautionary principle in decision-making that in the face of scientific uncertainty, err on the side of resource conservation. These plans should address reduction in capitalization; improvement in the precision of science used for decision-making; quantitative assessments of social and economic effects associated with specific fisheries; public and private mitigating actions; reductions of bycatch, or sea life incidental to the catch of targeted species; improved cooperation and coordination among fisheries and land management agencies, private industry, hydropower agencies, and other stakeholders; and better programs to prevent accidental introduction of exotic species.
ACTION 2. The federal government, working with regional councils, states, and other stakeholders, should establish an allocation system for threatened U.S. fisheries as a possible fishing management tool. The system would set a limit on the number of fishermen eligible to work in threatened fisheries. In these cases, the stakeholders could explore a trading program that would enable fishermen to buy and sell the limited fishing rights. This action would create a cost-effective program for limiting fishing and thereby reduce pressure on endangered fish stocks. In determining whether to adopt a system of trading fishing rights, the economic impact on the industry must be considered. * -apparently not much attention is paid to this.
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