John,



Yep, you've nailed it...They're doing the same thing for the seafood industry in the Gulf of Mexico (before the Deepwater Horizon disaster)...



Heavily regulate/restrict the small fishing boats (charter boat)...For the benefit of the large commercial fishery operations...



Controls to benefit the selected and approved "special interest"...In other words, this is "protectionism" via government regulation...After all, it's easier to deal with a few corporations than 1,000's of interested citizens on election day...And then there are those campaign contributions...Large corporations give more money with less effort than it takes from 1,000's of citizens...



Unless of course you have a vast philanthropy funded (via grants and donations) "grassroots" organization to turn to for manning phone banks, send out fliers, etc...After all, there's a vast labor force at the processing plants that could be unionized...Which generates another source of political campaign cash for the professional politician.



Later,

Jim.
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