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Originally Posted by JohnR
One problem with selling as Goosefish alluded to above is that the species that are regulated with quotas need a centralized accounting like the wholesalers. Yeh, I would like to see some of the guys make more dough instead of slaving to the wholesaler's whim but how would you account for quotas?
Does anyone have any real hard data that the "Sea" herring boats are not catching loads of river/bluebacks as bycatch?
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The boat owners would have to self police themselves I guess
All I am saying is that if you take that privilige away from them, most will cheat the system anyway and sell direct.
as for herring i am under the impresion that river/bluebacks hang out and party with atlantic sea herring.. how is a trawler going to know what fish is what on the 'blippah' and not scoop up the wrong species....
i hate to say it but i would not be suprised to see 'no fishing zones' like they have in california happen out here. if you cant regulate, simply shut it down until you have a good enough recovery.