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Originally Posted by afterhours
What's the acknowledged mortality rate amongst recs? Probably a goog thing as all guys I know would do most anything to avoid killing one. Something has to be done.
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As was stated the mortality is est. at 10%.
What I meant was the following:
"From 2018-2021, recreational release mortality made up
50% of total removals, with recreational harvest making up 37%, commercial harvest making up 11%, and commercial discards making up 2% of the total"
So even with gamefish status, maybe some comms will still fish, and the people who kept fish will now release all of them, we are killing more than 50% of all fish we catch. I used to fish all winter when it was decent out and could catch as many fish as I wanted. I haven't done that for a while as it has gotten crazy w/the amount of people I see out in the winter now.