Sunday, November 27, 2011

Who gets to fish?

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Editorial

It’s a question almost as old as Alaska’s commercial fishing industry. Whenever the harvest of salmon must be limited (and that’s always), who gets to make the last catch — the commercial fisherman or the individuals feeding themselves?

The answer isn’t always clear, because different fisheries have different histories with different communities built upon them. Nevertheless, the state regulatory system should strive to give individual Alaskans a decent chance to eat fish not taken from a grocery store.


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