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Originally posted by spence
They seem to have a much larger value to the recreational industry than to a limited commercial catch and it's clear they can barely sustain limited recreational and commercial quotas. Given this I'd make them a gamefish and go for healthy stocks and good revenue for the states from recreational fishing.
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Those are two mighty big assumptions that the scientists that study this stuff wouldn't agree with. Plus, the folks that are pushing for gamefish status don't want the catch reduced, they just want recreational fishermen to do all the killing.