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This is a good overview but the process is total BS. Too many know-it-alls each with a say....These guys are like kids playing in a sandbox.
1) It is clear they don't have a grasp of the fishery if they have to change what they perceive is the "right" number to a new right number... Again, if the fishery is deemed overfished by their original agreed upon number...the ASFMC should be disbanded.
2) This is what happens when you give everyone in every usergroup a voice. Total clusterphuk and nothing gets done promptly. And what does get done is so watered down it has little effect.
3) after reading this I now feel the only approach is a total shutdown. No comm fishing, no rec take and no C&R targeting SB for 10 years or until stocks are at record levels. Then, when we get back on track, open it up slooooowly say with a 5% take, then work your way up to 10% or whatever the "ideal" number is so SB remain at or near record levels.
shut it down all together.
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