In the Hudson, it was PCBs from an old GE plant on the river. NY version of DMF came up with some ludicrous "demarcation" line based on some half-assed theory that Hudson fish didn't migrate past a line drawn from Wading River to Smith Point, so there was no commercial fishing allowed west of that line. It was done to allow Billy Joel's favorite persecuted gang, the East End Baymen, to continue commercial harvest.

Serious question: Why does everyone point the finger at the commercial sector? The ten percenters?

When the actual numbers of counted dead fish from Mrip reports are Ninety Percent higher.
90/10 recreational dead fish verses commercial dead fish.

What if the numbers were 60/40, you would still point the finger at the commercial fisherman?

What if they were 50/50? Would you accept 50% of the blame then?

A million pounds sounds like a lot, but what about the other NINE MILLION pounds of dead fish from recreational anglers?

Not everyone! I for one have been saying for years that it's not the legal commercial guys by any extent of the imagination and have written on this very subject repeatedly. I add the word 'legal' commercial as once you cross the line then you are no longer a commercial, you're a poacher. Same hold true for recreational.

It's the easy answer to point a finger and say it's the other guy, he needs to change while I keep on doing my thing; it's human nature, really.

Point at everyone at this point, we all are responsible, I don’t target them and have yet to catch but a few schoolies while targeting sea bass. Regardless of the reasoning behind FL success it’s a pattern we could follow, game fish and smart slot limits.
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10 4 on that...

But I still don’t like the idea of adding additional days to catch what ain’t there to begin with....

Albies is another story!! LOL