PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.prweb.com PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 The Salmon Purse Seine - Competition and Information Among British Columbia Salmon Purse Seiners http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb178134.htm In partial summary, the question in British Columbia is one of fishing power--the ability of gear, boats, or fleets, in the B.C. and P.E.I. cases and others, to exploit or overexploit fish stocks. Without a historical perspective based on quantitative (and innovative) field research, we are doomed to repeat our work loads: In the absence of extensive (and often necessarily alternative) time series of fishing effort and effectivity (fishing power), stock assessment and fisheries management become absurd. Like they said on P.E.I., a fleet (or transient cluster) of purse seiners can wipe out a stock (anywhere in the world). (PRWeb Nov 15, 2004)

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