Rockefeller Snubs Sharks
Thanks to the inaction of Senator John Rockefeller, it may be another decade before the Shark Conservation Act has a chance of passage.
Thanks to the inaction of Senator John Rockefeller, it may be another decade before the Shark Conservation Act has a chance of passage.
A bipartisan group in Congress is supporting the Billfish Conservation Act.
Why the call for a new study on red snapper populations, and why from the Department of Commerce, instead of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is actually qualified and prepared to carry out fish population studies? The answer has more to do with commerce than it has to do with science.
I’m not about to say that Representative Devin Nunes is tripping over himself to cater to the demands of every industrial agribusiness in his district, but is content to let human beings die. That would be too extreme. It would be a bit more accurate, however, than the accusations Nunes has hurled at environmentalists.
Are we willing to watch the devastation of Pacific salmon runs, the disappearance of resident killer whale populations, and the general impoverishment of California’s riverine and marine ecosystems, just for the sake of inexpensive strawberries and salad greens in winter?