I'm sorry you're so lathered up Steve. Thank you StillAqua for the civil response. Let's take a trip back in time..... My family arrived here in the 1751
http://www.progenealogists.com/palproject/ns/ - Gotz and Zinck, on the Pearl and the Murdoch - and relied on the sea for sustenance and income. Through the generations, most stayed at it. My grandfather and his brother owned a processing facility,my mom in the office, my Dad was first mate on a scallop dragger. Even when I was a kid, I was expected to stay out of school during lobster season for a week or two to help with trap pulling and bait bag stuffing to help out an uncle.While my family never made the Forbes list, we always had food, clothes and a roof over our heads. But, through mismanagement and , yes, overfishing, this disappeared when I was growing up. Gone was a way of life that had provided for many years as cod was one , if not the primary source of income.The devastation to the families was horrendous, my own family had a suicide, that still has effects and will for the rest of my life.
My motivation is simple - I see much the same happening here. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemies. Just a little research into the corporate responsibility that many of the companies that have set up shop here have exhibited in other countries and even other areas of Canada make me highly doubtful of them as white knights. I've seen what has gone on in the British Isles and know for a fact that an area sited near where I grew up has problems associated with the fish farm there. I wouldn't be much of a man if I didn't make noise, even if it rubs some people the wrong way.
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