[Mr. Sandman]

I read her column the other day as well. What stood out to me was the HUGE take of herring . This is record hauling.
This pair ship techniques is very effective they can catch every last fish this way.

I heard a radio interview late last fall about this capt that was going to testify to Washington about what has been going on... the thrust was to get more observers onboard. Looks like that will happen but IMO they are still taking TOO MUCH.

...How about stop fishing for them so damn hard? They are simply taking every last fish in the sea and they really don't give a damn. Just like all the other managed groundfish, fish them till they are gone and it doesn't pay to go out any more, then move on to something else....this is the mission statement of the comm fisherman. The current management is more like a mafia then objective science.

Your worried about the damage a circle hook or plug does to the fish when a rec fisherman releases it? How about being dragged in a net with TONS of fish crushing you then hauled on deck to get a sun tan....only to be shoveled overboard...No stress there...comm guys don't hurt stripers...we fish a quota....remember that.

They lobbied for NO OBSERVERS....I wonder what they have against putting a independant observer onboard? They could not be abusing the rules? Noooo, not a comm fisherman, these are good guys.