Reply #11: the fisheries are already depleted in the north atlantic

[pitohui]

the little that remains is a joke -- there is no such north atlantic in existence now that teems with "cod, caplein, herring, and so forth," who do they think they're kidding? the crash of the fisheries and the resulting poverty to a formerly independent people should be a pretty well known tale this time of century

in any event if it's morally wrong to hunt then it is morally wrong to hunt regardless of place of birth or color of one's skin, the article you cite says no one objects to indigenous folks hunting the seals, so it ain't about saving any baby seals, is it? not clear then exactly what it is about other than wasting activists time with bright shiny objects -- folks, there's a war on, stopping a canadian man from earning a living from a very difficult job is probably not real high on my priority list at the moment, sorry

the fact that the north atlantic could sustain 30 million harp seals in 1800 is neither here nor there, we don't live in 1800, there were a good number of passenger pigeons and bison right here in the good ole usa in those days also, doesn't prove anything about what our ecosystem is about today, does it?