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Old 10-03-08, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Cussy
I never said "all". From the pots we saw first hand most had about 2:1 - 3:1 males:females. I've also made the point that no one is against "sustainable" fishing, but if you observe the pots at Babbacombe it appears that there isn't much opportunity for many to get through and breed. If you read the article Alan James wrote in Dive a couple of years back there is a lot of his observations of the reduced population in it over the years. It's a point also made in Alan Mildren's film.
My point is that the reduced population cannot be scientifically blamed on the fishing

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Originally Posted by Cussy
Global warming sounds like a "emotive red herring" to me.
Rob

IT is - but if your going to quote me please quote me correctly I used the words Global and localised climate change which is a completely different issue of which there is virtually no-one in the scientific community denying that it exists.
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