I just want the gentleman to explain perhaps to Members who are not on the committee why it is that fishing on log sets and why it is that fishing on schools of tuna produces a larger bycatch than the proposed method of fishing on dolphins.
Questioning fishing methods and bycatch during a discussion on fishing regulations.
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