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Kurt, I hear ya. However, we pushed management but the BRTF and MLPAI was specifically tasked with closures. So it didn't matter. PAL can give you more and better details but I know he's burnt and probably doesn't want to rehash all that again. I don't blame him either, after all he did.
Yes, management is THE way to go, but it isn't what it was all about. It was a corrupt process from the beginning and it was done precisely to get closures. sound practices were never a consideration. For one, all fishing, recreational AND commercial were lumped together. new criteria were created and imposed, science was completely ignored (for instance the actual (in)effectiveness of MPA's), and the outcome was basically a done deal from the start.
right now we have the scoping hearings (which I'm not sure what they do) an a pending lawsuit. plus the whole funding issue, Sen. Dutton has been hitting that one big.
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