The basic framework, if I understand this fairly correctly, is focused on individual species, and this is why I want to get into this question. When I listen to this, what I'm hearing from a lot of you is that while perhaps other broader considerations take us away from necessarily individual species--whether we take an ecosystem approach, whether man's activities are considered fairly enough in the process--I would submit that those issues may rise out of the fundamental architecture of the act, taking an individual species approach.
Am I correct in that assessment? I'm asking again, is the fundamental architecture of the act sound or not?