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	<title>Comments on: CLF Calls to Shut Down New England Cod Fishery</title>
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		<title>By: Barkley Van Vranken</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barkley Van Vranken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Peter,

What is the status of the legal action that the CLF has submitted to force the reopening of the fishways on the St Croix River. I can&#039;t understand why the New England Fish Management Council and others don&#039;t connect the collapse of the Cod Fishery in the Golf of Maine with the loss of River Herring migrations, especially the migrations in and out of the the St Croix. Sure, we have to cut back on the allowable catch to protect the few fish we have left, but that&#039;s not really what&#039;s going to restore a healthy fishery. Don&#039;t we first need to restore their environment so the Cod have adequate food sources needed to procreate. Isn&#039;t the real problem that the Cod are starving to death? Why isn&#039;t anyone making this point? It seems so obvious and so simple to remediate. What&#039;s happened on the Kennebec, and soon will happen on the Penobscot, is a good start. But if we act fast, we could also make a change to the St Croix so this year&#039;s Spring migration would be releasing fry into the Golf Of Maine next year.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Peter,</p>
<p>What is the status of the legal action that the CLF has submitted to force the reopening of the fishways on the St Croix River. I can&#8217;t understand why the New England Fish Management Council and others don&#8217;t connect the collapse of the Cod Fishery in the Golf of Maine with the loss of River Herring migrations, especially the migrations in and out of the the St Croix. Sure, we have to cut back on the allowable catch to protect the few fish we have left, but that&#8217;s not really what&#8217;s going to restore a healthy fishery. Don&#8217;t we first need to restore their environment so the Cod have adequate food sources needed to procreate. Isn&#8217;t the real problem that the Cod are starving to death? Why isn&#8217;t anyone making this point? It seems so obvious and so simple to remediate. What&#8217;s happened on the Kennebec, and soon will happen on the Penobscot, is a good start. But if we act fast, we could also make a change to the St Croix so this year&#8217;s Spring migration would be releasing fry into the Golf Of Maine next year.</p>
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