NL-Outsidethebox [confederation]

A chart for the
inside-the-overpass crowd
Dear editor,
As a Townie, I often feel shamefully
ignorant about the fishery. It seems
to be in a horrible mess and in dire
need of fixing. The outports might as
well be on the other side of the world
as far as my knowledge level goes! I
suspect I’m not alone and it’s just not
good enough that so much of the population
is uninformed on such a vital
matter.
With the above in mind, I thought I
would make a suggestion — or
maybe I’m asking a favour. Do you
think it would be possible to publish
an “overview” of the entire fishery
structure? I suppose I’m thinking in
terms of some type of flow chart —
harvesting, processing, regulations,
management (zones), species, foreign
influence, geography (including location
of various fish plants, dependant
communities), and any other relevant
information.
Ideally it would be a two-page
spread that I (and I hope others) could
keep and be able to refer to when
needed.
I think you would be doing a great
service to us inside-the-overpass
crowd who may not depend on the
fishery but who are nevertheless
linked to it simply by being Newfoundlanders
and Labradorians. I am
convinced that a viable fishery is possible
but that it probably won’t look
anything like the present setup. I
don’t know what the answer is but I’d
sure like to have something to base
opinions on!
Dave Paddon,
St. John’s

# posted by NL-ExPatriate @ 6/20/2006 04:21:00 pm