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Dear All; I'm trying to get a feel for how the newly-resurrected rights of Aborigionals in our neighbourhood might affect sustainable exploitation of the various stocks likely to be involved. The first impression i get is that the amounts caught by natives are unlikely to (in the forseeable future, ie) amount to more than 10-20% at the very most of the lobster catch in the region (based on the fact that 1 native trap fishing year-round, would likely be worth about 10 non-native, seasonal traps). Some concerns are, however, 1) would this be accompanied by a corresponding reduction in non-native fishing, 2) could resentment lead to a signifigant increase in poaching by non-natives, 3) what will the eco-system and population effects of year-round fishing actually be (ie, aside from just the increased amount caught per unit of capacity)? At the risk of temporarily turning the list into more of a discussion-forum than it has been recently, i would like to hear from others on this important issue, expecially on such points as "what in fact is the total catch of native fishers likely to be (as a percentage of current total catches, ie) for various fisheries?", and what primary and secondary impacts on stocks can be expected: for example, are some local stocks in danger of signifigant over-exploitation - and should (or COULD!) DFO take actions to see that this doesn't happen, irregardless of the "reasonable livelihood" restriction imposed by the court. Sincerely yours, Ross M. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- A word from our technicians ... Many subscribers have limited space for incoming email. Please remember to limit the SIZE of your message. Messages longer than 10K cannot be posted. CCN users cannot read messages written in html, or with other bells and whistles. Please send messages to sust-mar in basic TEXT format. Finally, please respect the privacy of others. Sust-mar messages are seen by a lot of people and are accessible in our archives to anyone in the world. Therefore, if you are forwarding a message that was sent to you, please delete the names of other recipients before forwarding to sust-mar. Similarly, if your message is going to other places, please send sust-mar a separate copy. Our ~150 readers are worth the extra seconds it takes! :)
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