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Originally Posted by JohnR
OK - this is interesting. They chance between saying a 50% mortality and 8% and 9% - what causes the 50% mortality - a specific method?
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9% die.
The 50% represents 50% of the 90% of the bass rec's kill. I presume the other 50% is actual harvest (and the the remaining 10% is commercial). The wording was a bit off, but I think that's the meaning.
"for about 90% of all striped bass fishing mortality, and nearly 50% of such fishing mortality has been attributed to bass that die after being released by anglers. While biologists estimate that only 9% of released bass fail to survive, anglers typically release over 30 million striped bass every year, and 9% of 30 million remains a large number, large enough to convince some fishery managers that reducing recreational release mortality should be a part of the striped bass management plan."