The axeman cometh for DFO and Coast Guard? Federal cuts raise serious questions about fish management and offshore enforcement

Some things are hard to explain even by the most verbose of politically astute minds. 

The ongoing gutting/changing of budgets and services at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the Canadian Coast Guard are beginning to defy logic.

A recent article in Postmedia News by Mike De Souza outlined the depth and breadth of the situation and in doing so sent a shock-wave through the fishing and marine communities. 

The story said that there will be $100 million in cuts and upwards of 500 jobs lost at DFO in many high profile areas in the very near future.

Read more at cbc.ca.