[Broad Bill]

The dogfish stock was protected for one reason and one reason only, commercial interests for foreign export value in particular for the European Union for fish and chips as a substitute for cod which has been overfished. Fisheries management could care less about the impact dogfish are having on predation of other stocks as long as the commercial interest of the stock is protected. The fishery was never endangered, it was labeled as such to preserve the commercial value involving foreign trade with Europe and to provide another fishery for the exclusive use of the commercial sector.