I was at CoCo View in November. One evening a gentleman was selling black coral jewelry. I commented to the resort manager that I was kind of surprised. She explained that it was perfectly OK, that the coral was the by-product of deep trawling and the fishermen would just throw it away if it were not used, and further that the Honduran goverment was OK with all this.
I guess, in retrospect, there is very little about this that I find acceptable. Trawling is abhorent as a sustainable fishing method, and I'm not compelled that what the Honduran government thinks is what I ought to think. I'm sure the poor salesman was trying to feed his family, and the resort was trying to make an exstra dollar or two, but none fo that makes me feel any better.
Am I being too narrow?
I guess, in retrospect, there is very little about this that I find acceptable. Trawling is abhorent as a sustainable fishing method, and I'm not compelled that what the Honduran government thinks is what I ought to think. I'm sure the poor salesman was trying to feed his family, and the resort was trying to make an exstra dollar or two, but none fo that makes me feel any better.
Am I being too narrow?