. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. been in existence about as long. Though there have been other promis- ing starts of fishing groups and associations, the follow-through rate has been dismal, Schill says. "When you get into this kind of mess, you have to be in it for the long haul because the opposition is in it for the long run," says Schill. "It amazes me how when they (fishermen) get into politics, they give up. There is little to be hoped for in terms of the industry trying to save itself if they don't start tackling the
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. been in existence about as long. Though there have been other promis- ing starts of fishing groups and associations, the follow-through rate has been dismal, Schill says. "When you get into this kind of mess, you have to be in it for the long haul because the opposition is in it for the long run," says Schill. "It amazes me how when they (fishermen) get into politics, they give up. There is little to be hoped for in terms of the industry trying to save itself if they don't start tackling the government like they do Mother Nature. "They say, 'I'm sick of this because there's politics in fisheries management,'" says Schill. "There's politics in education; there shouldn't be, but there is. There's politics in every aspect of our life. "Commercial fishing is the last true bastion of free enterprise in our life," he says. "Commercial fishermen will either learn to play the political game, or support those who are playing the political game for them, or they will see their ; Fishermen must learn to fight back and learn whom to fight. "The agencies, by their very nature, assume that everybody out here knows their area of authority," says Schill, adding that the sea turtle situation is a prime example of misdirected anger. "The bureaucrats did not pass the Endangered Species Act. We spend probably too much time beating on ; People who make policy would also benefit from unity among fisher- men. "We want the fishermen to be organized so they can tell us in one voice what they want to see in the fishery," says Mahood. But managers want to hear a credible voice, not angry threats and insults hurled their way at public hearings. Fishery managers, too, would benefit from a study in semantics; their careless comments breed as much contempt. After all, poor communication is a two-way street. &quo
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