You: Me:There's been a lot of criticism of Scientists here. In another life, I worked for environmental scientists. Effect on the Great Barrier Reef, of all things. How does a scientist get funding? If they say everything is 'hunky-dory' , then why provide you with funding and equipment? So the best thing to do is to fudge the figures, run a scare campaign, blame a group (fishers in this case) for the poor sustainability, at very best ' let me check and see if this is the cause', etc. "But I can't do this without funding" I don't blame for minute for this approach, it's a political game, but I wonder if politicians listen to the ones that benefit them the most electorally eg Pandering to the Greens.