So why does the government persist in its perversity, spawning a hugely costly bureaucracy aimed at endless checking?
Heino et al. 2002 applied the direct method to northeast Arctic cod, for which the maturity stage of an individual's gonad (determined by macroscopic inspection) was combined with the study of patterns in its otoliths (spawning checks) to distinguish repeat and recruit spawners (Rollefsen, 1933).
Though the law fell short of its demographic goals, it did in its way spawn a handful of new Romanian filmmakers, who reached adolescence and early adulthood just as Ceausescu's monstrous utopian experiment was collapsing.
Although much is known about the European eel, the exact location of its spawning ground in the Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic remains a mystery.
The demise of "At the Movies" was a blow to the legions of armchair reviewers it spawned in its many incarnations, some of whom went on to professional careers in criticism.
Indeed, in its expansionary phase it spawned platoons of executives with bizarre titles like "change management lead" and "rewards director".The BBC, at its best, does more to enhance the quality of life in Britain, and the country's image abroad, than any number of government initiatives.
It has travelled out to sea and then swum back, climbing thousands of feet through waterfall and cataract and log jam in its desire to spawn, under the eyes of bear and eagle.
Nevertheless, the spawning site appears to be supporting adequate spawning in its current modified condition.
The turmoil in the Middle East has its roots in the world it spawned.
