Jane Lubchenco

It certainly is spectacular, one of natures wonders.

Freaky! Amazing!

Now if you are actually reading while you shout try this:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/22/copenhagen-climate-change-mark-lynas

Jane, did you stick around for the speeches by your buddies Chavez and Mugabe?

It is good to see that ideas hatched at past CZ meetings are finally down on paper.

The CZMA was and remains light years ahead of its time. Too bad proper attention hasn't been paid to that statute and the programs it spawned, and to the water side that makes up more than 90 percent of coastal areas, and the means the CZMA provides for addressing all manner of issues facing the land and water sides of the USA. Folks keep trying ... See Moreto reinvent wheels instead of advancing tried and true successes of coastal management. And folks, "coastal management" is integrated and adaptive. That's what coastal management is all about. Want a better understanding? Read the statute.

When will the National Weather Service have a "Fan Page"? We had to pull ours off!

I guess so soon after your confirmation hearing the request by senator Lemieux to give the recreational fishers a voice has left your stated agenda for the recreational fishers liaison.

And how about the flat earthers and the gravity dissenters, and the earth is the center of the solar system believers, and the UFOers, the sasquatchers, psychics, my goldfish (she can predict the weather!)... oh, and those who pretty much reflexively deny anything advocated by a majority of people with actual academic credentials in the relevant discipline, and those who keep demanding debates without realizing they've been in one and lost it, again and again.

Jon, is the "majority" you're referring to the corrupt scientists at East Anglia? If the "debate" has actually been won over and over again, why are you still debating? And not doing it very well, either - with ad hominem name-calling and that lame "majority determines truth" hogwash. Who's the "flat-earther" now?

I will certainly be commenting on this publicly. Catch shares are a bad idea. The ocean and its fish do not belong to the government or any one fisherman. I am certain Omega Protein's catch will not be reduced. there is a dollar sign attached to that for the Feds and VA legilators. Dress up monopolizing the fishery and put it out there as conservation and all the liberals ooh and aah like this administration cares.

^^An IFQ system does not end overfishing but make surviving the quota cuts possible. Some fish double in value.

Did you get out and do do some red snapper fishing while you were there? Apparently there is a ton of Red Snapper around. unfortunately the recs can't enjoy it.Becasiue this administration cares only about the Coimmercial fishery. It doesn't care about the small business man trying to sell tackle and guide clients.

The reason commercials still fish and make a living on Red Snapper is b/c it's an IFQ fishery. That sort of management may not work for millions of individuals as is the case with recreational. It's a tough and long road for recreational for-hires in the Gulf, especially LA given all the loses over the last 4 years. Good luck.

Now if you are actually reading while you shout try this:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/22/copenhagen-climate-change-mark-lynas

Jane, did you stick around for the speeches by your buddies Chavez and Mugabe?

you can't possibly assume that the atmosphere is the same as it was a hundred let alone a thousand years ago. It is obvious that many of you aren't in the scientific field. Perhaps if you go and pray to god, he will make things all better and we don't have to be responsible.

It has very little to do with God as I am not a bible thumper as you insinuate. It does have a lot to do with a small group of politicians and a handful of scientists promoting a green agenda that is at best flawed. The only thing behind the supposed green revolution is dollar signs. Promote the use of light bulbs loaded with mercury and paint it ... See Moregreen. Promote the purchase of green vehicles and wonder what do we do with the toxic fuel cells when the vehicle is no longer viable. Scientists who have opposing view points are blackballed. Green is big business and their is a large money grab involved and at the end of the day it will limit how we all live our lives. The biggest spokesperson for the green agenda flat out lies(Al Gore) in front of an international symposium and he is supposed to be an expert. The entire thing is a farce and the sooner everyone realizes it and takes their own power back the better off we will all be. It was less than 30 years ago we all thought we were heading for the next ice age. Don't be a lemming to this cash grab.

funny, the commerical guys say the same things about the rec guys. perhaps we should work together instead of against one another?

Actually if you knew what you were talking about. You would know that the red snapper is currently a no target species in the gulf and southern states for recs and the population is taking the area over. The commercial fisherman in those areas are having an easy time filling quotas because of this. I suppose that is how recs and comms work ... See Moretogether. The NMFS a board dominated by commercial fishing interests says there is a shortage and they shut down the rec fishery. Even though the rec fishery provides far more revenue and jobs for an already depressed area.

Congrats to the team out in Hawaii!