So I Went To The Birch Aquarium... - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Royak · 04-21-2011, 05:47 PM

"...and learned that many people who are against no-take marine life protection zones are against them for "profit". For a while I thought I was in a place of scientific integrity and ethics..."

I love the Birch Aquarium, but sometimes I think it's run by loons. Lots of "ghost forest" propaganda, etc. We have to remember that it's parent organization, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, is largely dependent on enviro-foundation grant money to "study" subjects that will serve the agenda of those foundations. It may be science, but it's mostly political science.

04-21-2011, 05:47 PM	#6
Royak Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: La Jolla Posts: 46	"...and learned that many people who are against no-take marine life protection zones are against them for "profit". For a while I thought I was in a place of scientific integrity and ethics..." I love the Birch Aquarium, but sometimes I think it's run by loons. Lots of "ghost forest" propaganda, etc. We have to remember that it's parent organization, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, is largely dependent on enviro-foundation grant money to "study" subjects that will serve the agenda of those foundations. It may be science, but it's mostly political science. Last edited by Royak; 04-21-2011 at 05:48 PM. Reason: typo