Bruce Franklin was Right about Menhaden The Science Finally Proves It
A world-leading fisheries scientist now backs Franklin’s case with hard data. That’s what we should be talking about. Bruce Franklin was a dear friend of mine. He passed away last year. So, when I read Charles Witek’s recent column dismissing Franklin’s The Most Important Fish in the Sea by dredging up decades-old political activism and painting him as a “radical,” I was more than disappointed — I was appalled. Bruce Franklin and Paul Eidman You don’t win an ecological argument by attacking someone’s résumé or political history, especially when that person is no longer here to respond. You win it with science. And on the science, Franklin’s warnings have now been vindicated. The Man Witek Ignores: Dr. Jerald Ault If Witek truly believed in “good science and good data,” he’d be talking about Dr. Jerald Ault , Professor Emeritus of Fishery Management Science at the University of Miami — not Franklin’s time as a Stanford professor in the 1970s. Ault’s credentials are un...
