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The only reason the bass are targeting crabs is because Omega has killed half the bait in the entire estuary. And to say that there are more Rockfish in the system than we have seen in our lifetime is BS. There is no science attached, not to mention that they will be busy killing the vaunted 2011 YOY this year, before they get to spawn !
What is so hard about 1 fish, good for all and a straight forward % reduction for commercials ? Conservation Equivalency is stupid and was lobbied into place so the slaughterhouse guys could keep doing what they are doing with a new set of smoke and mirrors.
I'm at the point where I hope they screw it up so that the ASMFC has to go into "OOPs...we messed up" mode and put a moratorium in place for more than a couple of years. Remember that the original proposal was estimated ( as in WAG ) to have only a 50% chance of success. Do we really believe all of the goofy proposals coming from NJ, RI, MD and Mass will make a difference ?
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