OK, forget the baseball bat. How about the marine fisheries industries? They succeeded in wiping out the codfishing industry on George's Bank, the most prolific fishery in the world. They also wiped out the oyster fishery in the Chesapeake (with help from pollution from the agricultural industry). Then they proceeded to try and wipeout the blue crab and striped bass fisheries in the Chesapeake.
You'll never guess who saved the blue crab and striped bass fisheries in the bay. Government!
(with the commercial fishing industry kicking and screaming the entire time). They had a hell of a time keeping Virginia from dredging up female crabs during the winter in their spawning areas though.
