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To: grusum who wrote (988)	9/5/2011 11:37:42 PM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

I think you are right about the oysters and all for that is how it has worked out, but we did have to endure an awful lot of destruction of oyster habitat first which has had other environmental ramifications in terms of water quality and while oyster farming has kicked in--getting the Chesapeake and other waters back to the clarity (clarity is needed to allow sunlight to penetrate deep enough to support the vegetation that supports the web of Chesapeake life) they were has not yet occurred--so even though we have oysters to eat we've significantly impacted the quality and web of marine life in some of our major estuaries. Now, I don't know to what extent that Ebony habitat destruction has impacted on the web of life in the Madagascar tropical forest, but undoubtedly such deforestation has made some impact. And that is the problem with letting habitat destruction ensue, we are impacting biological chains even though we can grow Ebony commercially. And that is why things like the Lacey act are necessary.