The
      Trouble
      With
      Turbot
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By:Marko
      Peric
     
    

    
     
      Anyone
      remember
      an
      episode
      of
      Star
      Trek
      called
      ‘“The
      Trouble
     
     
      With
      Tribbles’’?
      At
      one
      point
      in
      this
      episode,
      Captain
      Kirk
     
     
      opens
      a
      hatch
      and
      is
      buried
      in
      thousands
      of
      fuzzy
      little
      tribbles.
     
     
      Now,
      picture
      Brian
      Tobin
      opening
      a
      hatch
      on
      a
      Spanish
      trawler
     
     
      and
      being
      buried
      in
      not-so-fuzzy
      dead
      fish.
      This
      writer
      is
     
     
      willing
      to
      bet
      that
      Tobin
      would
      prefer
      to
      be
      submerged
      ina
      pile
     
     
      of
      fish
      rather
      than
      face
      the
      current
      problems
      in
      Canada’s
      East
     
     
      Coast
      fishery.
      That
      is,
      what’s
      left
      of
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      near
      extinction
      before
      anyone
      took
      a
      stand.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Spanish
      should
      be
      thankful
      that
      we
      only
      arrested
     
     
      one
      trawler.
      Another
      option
      could
      have
      been
      to
      take
      a
      couple
     
     
      of
      those
      new
      frigates
      out
      to
      the
      Grand
      Banks
      and
      use
      the
      foreign
     
     
      vessels
      for
      target
      practice.
      Then
      the
      European
      Union
      would
     
     
      have
      something
      to
      complain
      about.
      As
      it
      stands,
      their
      reaction
     
     
      is
      like
      Al
      Capone
      expressing
      righteous
      indignation.
      Not
      only
     
     
      were
      the
      holds
      of
      the
      Estai
      filled
      with
      under-sized
      fish
      that
     
     
      could
      only
      be
      caught
      with
      illegal
      nets,
      there
      was
      an
      interna-
     
     
      tional
      moratorium
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Admittedly,
     
     
      the
      lobster
      industry
      is
     
     
      doing
      fine,
      and
      other
     
     
      shellfish
      harvesters
     
     
      have
      little
      to
      worry
     
     
      about.
      Of
      course,
     
     
      those
      who
      fish
      in
      the
     
     
      Northumberland
     
     
      Strait
      are
      concerned
     
     
      about
      the
      problems
     
     
      that
      the
      fixed
      link
     
     
      may
      cause,
      but
      that’s
     
     
      another
      topic.
     
    

    
     
      The
      remains
     
     
      of
      the
      Grand
      Banks
     
     
      fishery
      is
      the
      current
     
     
      media
      hot
      potato.
     
     
      Was
      Canada
      justified
     
     
      in
      arresting
      the
      Estai?
     
     
      If
      so,
      should
      we
      have
     
     
      released
      the
      ship
      ona
     
     
      half-million
      dollar
     
     
      bond?
      And
      should
      we
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      against
      fishing
      turbot
     
     
      on
      the
      Grand
      Banks.
     
     
      Legally,
      the
      Europe-
     
     
      ans
      don’t
      have
      a
      leg
     
     
      to
      stand
      on.
     
    

    
     
      Really,
      it’s
      about
     
     
      time
      that
      someone
     
     
      took
      action
      to
      stop
     
     
      overfishing
      by
      cer-
     
     
      tain
      European
      na-
     
     
      tions.
      British
      fisher-
     
     
      men
      have
      been
      com-
     
     
      plaining
      about
      Span-
     
     
      ish
      tactics
      in
      the
      Bay
     
     
      of
      Biscay
      for
      years,
     
     
      but
      no
      one
      lifted
      a
     
     
      finger.
      Now
      the
      area
     
     
      has
      beenall-but
      emp-
     
     
      tied
      of
      fish.
      Spain
     
     
      and
      other
      countries
     
     
      have
      fished
      their
      own
     
     
      stocks
      to
      annihila-
     
     
      tion,
      then
      travelled
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      have
      more
      vessels
      on
     
     
      the
      nose
      and
      tail
      of
      the
      Grand
      Banks
      to
      arrest
      more
      foreign
     
     
      ships?
     
    

    
     
      To
      put
      another
      spin
      on
      a
      phrase
      from
      This
      Hour
      has
      22
     
     
      Minutes:
      “‘nothing
      like
      closing
      the
      barn
      door
      just
      in
      time
      to
     
     
      catch
      the
      last
      mule.’’
      Of
      all
      the
      things
      to
      take
      a
      stand
      on,
      our
     
     
      government
      picked
      turbot.
      We
      could
      have
      objected
      to
     
     
      overfishing
      of
      cod
      or
      halibut,
      but
      no,
      Canadians
      aren’t
      confron-
     
     
      tational.
      So,
      we
      allowed
      the
      Europeans
      to
      fish
      the
      Grand
      Banks
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Prof.
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      Horney,
      Faculty
      of
      Veterinary
      Medicine
     
     
      Prof.
      Edgar
      MacDonald.
      Faculty
      of
      Education
     
    

    
     
      Prof,
      Debbie
      MacLellan.
      Faculty
      of
      Science
     
    

    
     
      Prof.
      Lisa
      Miller,
      SCENT.
     
    

    
     
      Prof.
      Karem
      J.
      Simon,
      Faculty
      of
      Arts
     
    
   
   
    
     
      thousands
      of
      nautical
      miles
      to
      deplete
      those
      belonging
      to
      other
     
     
      nations.
      Sure,
      the
      fishermen
      complained,
      but
      government
     
     
      never
      listened.
     
    

    
     
      Now
      it’s
      too
      late.
      The
      once-great
      Newfoundland
      cod-
     
     
      fishery
      is
      a
      thing
      of
      the
      past.
      Thousands
      of
      people
      in
      Atlantic
     
     
      Canada
      are
      out
      of
      work
      because
      of
      this.
      One
      has
      to
      wonder
     
     
      where
      the
      European
      fleets
      will
      turnnext.
      This
      writer
      only
      hopes
     
     
      that
      next
      time
      someone
      else
      will
      try
      to
      stop
      them.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
        
     
     
       
       
     
     
       
       
     
     
       
       
     
     
       
       
     
     
       
       
     
     
       
       
     
     
       
       
     
     
        
       
     
     
       
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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