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Originally Posted by Nebe
Which is why this chart is useless, and why the true data which should be used to judge the health if the fishery should come from actual fisherman who are involved with the fish on a daily basis. When you have a huge majority of fishermen yelling that there is a problem, then there is a problem. The greater problem (just like the last moratorium) is the commercial fishermen and charter boat owners who say that everything is fine because they see dollar signs.
I'd much rather be remembered as the guy who fought for the health if the fishery than the guy who fought for the health of his profits.
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What does that have to do with anything I said?
And I don't agree that because a huge majority of the fishermen say there is a problem, then there really is a problem. Most of the fishermen who say there is a problem have gotten used to the fishery when the SSB was at 250% of the objective. Back in the 50's and 60s there were far fewer fish being caught and that was considered normal.
Oh and BTW - I generally don't do striped bass charters, so I'm not putting $$ before the health of the fishery.