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I agree with eel man, as long as it still gets reported into quotas etc.. if they start selling for cash under the table, then the quotas are off and things get a bit screwy... I think personally on some species, commercial fisherman take alot more blame than they deserve; Narragansett Bay has no winter flounder at al; the take was high for a while and then crashed in the mid 80's... some evidence points to environmental conditions changing (not just pollution, but temperature etc..) which has a profound impact on recruitment...
kind of off topic; my bad, too much coffee, work and not enough sleep!!!
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