Guess you all heard by now Palin has resigned. What does this mean for our fisheries?
Dammed if I know but one thing I do know is it cannot be predetermined to sit on ones hands when it comes to the meat and potatoes of it such as Palin and Lloyd agreed to do from the onset, they made a decision to stay out of fishery politics.
The Bering Sea is considered the breadbasket of our nation and should be treated accordingly, with respect, not with intentions of greed and plunder for a deep fried fish-stick economy, the same applies for the Arctic and Gulf waters.
There's certainly enough Halibut for both hook & line commercial and sport fisheries and without doubt many other species available for other fisheries as evidenced by the documented bycatch from the mega-trawl fleet, but with out change many ports will continue to dwindle and those that haven't can expect it, it's inevitable.
Fisheries is one of our greatest resources that cannot and should not be ignored while outside interests trump all over us.
Sean Parnell is currently considered to be Palins replacement, I hope change is in order.
