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i must say, this is crap. especially since the groudfish have slightly recovered from several years ago. for an industry to allow an overwhelming bias on its governing board is just plain wrong. now, i understand commercial fishermen need a life too, but there needs to be limit. they have too many boats, fishing too many days, much better technology from years past, and are more effecient.
i do not see why the recreational fishermen need to suffer due to these possible restrictions. i won't say recs don't catch a lot of fish, because they do, more than most would believe. there are a lot of charter fishermen out there now and they are going out on everyday they can. but, i see no way of shutting the recs completely off. especially if it costs as many jobs as expected. plus, with the economy as weak as it is now, this is not the time to put more people on unemployment.
you definitely can tell who runs the show on those boards. i don't trust the gorton's fishermen...
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