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Isn't one commercial left on my local pond and let's try and smooth the diction a bit in our posts for the future.
Whenever I here someone commenting about commercial they use words like: Kill, slaughter, decimate, etc.
When it is recreational it is: catch, whack, tag, pound, etc.
The commercial vessel with the nets is "catching" fish too. Yes, he is decimating the stock but he is catching and the killing is something we ALL do. Not every bit of his bycatch dies in the net.
That is like me assuming that ALL power boat owners are idiots because MOST of the ones I know are. Just doesn't add up when one wants to talk as oppose to vent.
I am all for reduction, if not abolishment of a commercial Bass harvest. If it isn't economically viable and the Wampanoags (god forbid) don't lay claim to some ceremonial right then why keep it going.
I am still waiting for a response to my statement concerning supply/demand and the effect it had on pricing last summer.
WHEN IS THE NEXT FISHERIES MEETING THAT WILL DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE ? We need to be there and be there in numbers.
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