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Originally Posted by DZ
This is a very real possibility - years ago many in RI wanted to keep 1@36 but our managers told us any extra conservative measures we took could be applied to other states AND our own commercial fishery - the R&R pinhookers in Rhody were salivating at the chance.
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The pinhookers in Rhody could have benefited but other states cannot. Conservational equivalence is determined on a state by state basis.