The scientist that S.O.F.A. and the F.R.A. have hired to help us with our fight against unfair over-regulation by examining the science being used to justify the closures and regulations that are flying out of the N.M.F.S. offices at an unprecedented rate has delivered an extremely interesting report regarding the methodology used to estimate the Gag grouper population in the Gulf of Mexico.
Seems the information they use is suspect and the reliability of their conclusions is less than optimal.
Read the report from Trevor J. Kenchington here:
The Natural Mortality Rate of Gag Grouper:
A Review of Estimators for Data-Limited Fisheries
#1 by CC on May 16th, 2008
God knows that’s complicated stuff. Have ye forgotten that ye’re talkin’ to fisherfolk?