posted on Sept. 20, 2003 in the Portland (Maine) Press Herald...
sorry for the link - but this issue has me riled and can find nothing less than beauracracy at it's worst...
SALMON
"She studied fish remains at more than 70 New England sites where native people lived before the year 1500. She knew of today's much larger - though also shrinking - salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest and both coasts of Canada. Still, she expected to find at least some salmon bones in New England. She found almost none."
"Many program administrators have tried to fault Carlson's science. They say salmon bones simply disintegrate over time. Yet Northwest digs turned up plenty of them, Carlson says."
well, no shit!!! the pacific northwest salmonids die after spawning, you twit. therefore, you're bound to find more bones in the northwest than you will on the atlantic since they return after spawning. what a fucking moron...
and this...
""If we throw more fish in, it seems we're just feeding the cormorants," said Richard Dill, a Maine state biologist. "I think everybody's a little discouraged. They put a lot of time and effort into it for little returns.""
i've seen them do this - they'll stock thousands of salmon in the kennebec but during the day - the shags - as we call them - will swarm and it's a feeding frenzy at the richmond landing - do it at fucking night!!!
just pisses me off...