Comments by "Meh Pluribus Unum" (@pluribus_unum) on "Alaska cancels king and snow crab seasons due to population collapse" video.

  1. Republican management is mismanagement. "American fisheries management thrives because of its rigorous science-based approach and regulations—not in spite of them. Yet the Trump administration views these regulations, which have rebuilt stocks and ushered in the end of overfishing, as burdensome. Its new executive order solicits “recommended actions” from the regional fisheries management councils to “reduce burdens on domestic fishing” and to “increase production.”"
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  2.  @DeathAngelHRA  - I think you are unfamiliar with the exploitative practices of the modern "conservative". "This land is your land - Revealed: the full extent of Trump's 'meat cleaver' assault on US wilderness" (from The Guardian October 26, 2020) "While the US government is supposed to be an impartial arbiter of how public lands should be used, Trump has stacked the administration with former fossil-fuel lobbyists and conservative activists. Often, the department sells access to these lands at rock bottom prices and in places that are sacred to tribal communities, important to imperiled animals, and critical to prevent runaway climate change." "Of the more than 600m acres of US public land, the Trump administration has leased 5.4m acres – an area the size of New Jersey – to oil and gas companies." "Drilling from the leases could result in the equivalent of 4.1bn metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions – heating the planet as much as more than 1,051 power plants burning coal for a year." "Trump has sought to remove protections in some of the most ecologically sensitive places in the country, from the Arctic national wildlife refuge in Alaska to the Lower Rio Grande Valley national wildlife refuge in Texas." "The interior department has also leased 4.9m acres in the Gulf of Mexico to drillers, which could have the same climate impact as putting a million more cars on the road for a year."
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  3.  @DeathAngelHRA  - Fishery policies from two years ago have no impact on crab populations today? Get real.
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  4.  @DeathAngelHRA  - The ocean doesn't operate on an annual basis. The four years the Republicans spent exploiting our natural resources is absolutely at play here.
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