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Originally Posted by albin35
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It was discouraging that the room was so empty in Braintree. My vote changed to 25% reduction for one year. Two fish Slot of 28-34"I heard a good point from Captain Dave Waldrip that Charter customers would be reluctant to hire a boat if only one fish were allowed. I was going to vote for one fish for a slot size. changed vote to Two.
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LOL that's not a valid argument. 1. It has been done before at 1 fish, and 2. I would guess half the customers do not even know what the current regulations are, you could probably tell your clients anything and they'd believe it. If this two fish thing were important to his customers, then his customers should show up themselves. 3. For-Hire Charters (in general, there are some C&R charters) do an exponentially higher amount of damage to the fishery than the average rec anglers. They work the water every day, 2 to 3 trips, 2 bass x the number of people (inclding capt. & mate) = a lot of dead fish. This small portion of the rec. fishery is doing a lopsided amount of the damage.
The public resource we all have as recs, for-hire recs, and comm fishermen has to take the universal changes and steps towards a more conservative fishery. The current regulations of 2 fish per day is why we are facing this entire debate, there is a problem. otherwise it wouldn't make sense to sit in traffic for two hours, to sit in a room of fishermen for two hours, then drive home another hour on a weeknight after work to keep it the way things are. ...