Kalkbreath":3akr15rx said:Hey blue hula ...Steve says your wrong....So does Peter.......QUOTE}Robinson 1983b1983c observed that N2cn was used extensivly for capturing food fish. The cyanide fishermen with a "production -at-all-costs" mentality were noted to impoverish the non -collecting members of their own community {Robinson 1984b} The cyanider makes his living by raiding and damaging other peoples fishing grounds as well.............[END QUOTE] I could not have said it better myself.............................................."He said CYANiDER".....In my best Arnold voice.........."Ill be BAACK" ......"I am the CYANIDER" "Come with me if you want to live" ......{SQUIRT SQUIRT} :wink:.......................................................................................................................................................http://www.marine.org/PDF_Downloads/The ... ppines.pdf
Kalk,
Steve said "production at all costs" which is not the same as arguing that the "means of production controls the cost". What Steve was referring to is something Daniel Pauly of University of British Columbia refers to as "Malthusian overfishing" ... when fishers actually destroy the habitat that produces the fish (as opposed to simply removing the fish). That is "production even if it destroys the resource"
I said simply that, IMO, means of production (cyanide vs net) isn't what controls cost ... or net profit as you will ... when the resource is so limited.
My opinions are also my own and independent of what Steve, Peter or anyone else might think.
Cheers,