Re: The ultimate security question: Was Malthus right after all?

["Jarrod Frates" <jfrates.ml () gmail com>]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Richard M. Smith
<rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:
>    Salmon disappearance could bring fishing ban
>    http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/07/salmon.collapse.ap/index.html

No longer just a possibility.  Salmon fishing has been banned along
the West Coast.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080501_fisheryfailure.html

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Hundreds of thousands of fall Chinook salmon typically return to the
Sacramento River every year to spawn. This year, scientists estimate
that fewer than 60,000 adult Chinook will make it back to the
Sacramento River.

"This is far below what is needed to sustain the population and we
have decided to shut down the commercial ocean salmon fishery for all
of California and most of Oregon to aid their recovery," said Jim
Balsiger, NOAA's Fisheries Service acting assistant administrator.
"It's a tough decision, but the condition of the salmon fishery forces
us to close most of it to ensure healthy runs of this valuable fish in
the future."
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California and the federal government are working on compensation
plans for the affected commercial fishing population.
-- 
Jarrod Frates, GAWN
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