It's hard to believe that a PR firm would run the ad of this woman alleging that if the monument is expanded, she won't be able to eat fresh fish anymore. Really? Let's at least be honest  in our disagreement. 

Only 5% of the longliners' catch comes from the proposed expansion area. Furthermore, the longliners export half their tottal catch to Asia right off the bat. The other half comes to Hawai'i with half of that exported to the mainland. 

The longliners will make up the 5% with fish from international waters where the longliners are catching 95% of their fish already. The longliners are on a quota system, which limits their catch of bug-eye tuna. Exports, quotasand, the fact that tuna are being overfished are the limiting factors here - not expanding Papahanaumokuakea.

I also wonder how much of our federal tax dollars are paying for any of the anti-protection ads and iQ36 the PR firm. Time for the GAO to investigate Kitty Simonds and Wespac again.

Expand Papahanaumokuakea!