Nice recovery
I aggree with a lot of your second post tman, except for the part about the research dollars being a waste. Yes, science and research does take time and money. Fortunately the people in charge of the projects are extremely inteligent and have devoted their lives to learn more about the ocean.
Bill Fox, the World Wildlife Fund's vice president of fisheries, is an avid sports fisherman and had fought for years to protect both the commercial and recreational aspect of fishing alive. He previolsly worked with The Sportsfishing Association of Ca and was the head of NOAA fisheries located here in La Jolla. He knows what he is doing, and as a scientist he know there are countless things that can be learned from studying a place like this.
So do you shoot first and ask questions later? This area of ocean may or may not be similar to the Bering sea. Who knows, maybe they will find another species similar to the Pategonian Toothfish, aka Chilean Seabass. and world hunger will be cured.
Who really knows, the way we think about the ocean and fisheries management has changes a lot over the past few years, months, and even days.