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The Economy Rules (or does it?)

Letters to the editor

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Sally Armstrong

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Is it accidental or deliberate that The Informer did not publish an article by Shaun Lee outlining the case against targeting large billfish? It was in the editor’s possession.

His science-backed evidence revealed that species numbers are dwindling, some classed as “vulnerable”, plus the scientific consensus on the presence of certain neural pathways indicating that fish feel a form of stress and very likely, a form of pain. (Why else do they fight?)

The blatant hypocrisy on the front page of this week’s edition, where the Kubota Billfish Classic Tournament receives a hearty welcome—– – above the bold headline, “Protecting What We Have” (about moving sand on an ephemeral sand spit) is surely not lost on readers. Or is it?

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