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I bet you did not know you are a racist, sexist, very, very bad person for caring more about fishing for LMB than sunnies... well, I'm only talking to you white Europeans... Women, PoC, and indigenous people care the proper amount for native fish - you just need to follow suit and be like them.

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-fish-junk-bias-native-species.html

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"How did we get to this point ... to where some native species are treated as if they have low to no value and there's no limits on their harvest?" said co-author Solomon David, an assistant professor at Nicholls State University in Louisiana.

The answer lies in the nation's racist, sexist and colonialist history. Like most scientific fields, fisheries management was originally dominated by European male voices.

When colonists first arrived in North America, they viewed native fish with tougher skin (such as gar) as "less desirable" than game fish like salmon or trout, which are easier to filet, David said. In turn, these white colonialists wrote biased regulations that continue to impact fisheries management.

Even today, the field has not improved much in recruiting people of diverse backgrounds, according to Moyle, who's been studying fish conservation for over 50 years. He said fisheries management and research is still predominated by white male voices, often leaving women and people of color left out of conversations.

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Rypel hopes to see Indigenous perspectives integrated into fisheries regulations, to combat these racist origins and promote sustainable uses of fish and reduce waste, or "killing things to kill things," even if some species are seen as less desirable and charismatic.

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Just like how native fish conservation is slowly improving, so is representation in fisheries science, but women and people of color still remain underrepresented in the field. It's still a "systematic problem" in the world of research, well beyond just fisheries science, David said.

 

OH! If only we had more women and PoC and indigenous people helping to make the fishing regulations, it would all be better and we'd be living in Nirvana. Tigers and sheep, bass and sunnies living side by side in harmony and peace.

I love this though:

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The many recommendations include: integrating Indigenous perspectives, lowering bag limits for native species, enhancing science education and supporting the science of native fishes. But, perhaps the most important suggestion is to stop saying "rough fish" and instead call these species "native fish."

So -- after bemoaning the fact only white men wrote the fishing regulations, that bag limits are too high for native species, and that we need to support the science, this article somehow concludes that "the MOST IMPORTANT suggestion" is.... "stop saying 'rough fish'". Oh the horror! If only we called them "native fish" everything will get better!!!

Sorry - I had to vent after reading that article. Seems even biologists feel the need to shout loud and proud about their woke bona fides by declaring white Europeans racist and sexist just like everyone else in academia.

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