{"id":2081,"date":"2010-09-15T11:39:48","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T15:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2010-09-15T11:39:48","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T15:39:48","slug":"exploitation-of-marine-resources-must-be-carefully-weighed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2010\/09\/exploitation-of-marine-resources-must-be-carefully-weighed","title":{"rendered":"Exploitation of Marine Resources Must Be Carefully Weighed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blogger Larry Smith reminds Bahamians that fishing accounts for about 3 per cent of our economy, supports several  thousand jobs, and earns just under $100 million a year, mostly from  exports of lobster and conch.<\/p>\n<p>But, he says, there is much more to it than that.<\/p>\n<p>Our marine ecosystems provide vitally important goods and services,  supporting traditional fishing communities, as well as a lucrative  tourism industry that draws snorkelers, divers and sport fishermen from  around the world.<\/p>\n<p>And without a reasonably healthy environment,  our quality of life would be greatly impaired &#8211; just imagine not being  able to catch a few fish or conch for dinner on the out islands.<\/p>\n<p>This  means that exploitation of our marine resources must be carefully  weighed, using the best information available, so they are not  carelessly wasted for short-term gains accruing to a few individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Smith makes a good case as to why the exploitation of our marine resources must be carefully weighed so they are not carelessly wasted for short-term gains accruing to a few individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-2081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinions","tag-fishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}