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Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
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It disturbs me that you and other fishery folks don't see the benefits of gamefish status. All you have to do is look down south to see what has happened there. Why is this such a problem for you guys?
Let me ask you a question...How would game fish status hurt the SB population?
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What are the "benefits"? IMHO it would hurt the management of the species. In case you haven't noticed all of the scientific efforts in this country are directed at the commercially important species, without that science we would be back to faith based fishery management. We probably wouldn't even have gotten the latest stock assessment if there wasn't a commercial value to the fish.
I'll ask you a question. Why haven't you been more proactive in making the fish a "gamefish" in your state? There is currently a bill that would do just that in your legislature, yet I have seen almost no discussion of it here on this board.