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I fully agree that there is too much take happening on the biomass. The amount of "take" is not a comm or rec problem, it is the total impact on the fish. But making stripers a gamefish for recs will not solve the problem. I say cut everything back by a third BUT you will now need to feed these fish too. I feel that SF's efforts, while probably well intentioned, are misdirected and don't tackle the whole of the problem.
I am not a commercial fisherman or a comm bass guy. I don't have a dog in the comm fight. However, the ongoing comm -v- rec debate dilutes the focus on mananging the inshore ecosystem / food chain as a whole. IMO - SF dilutes the overall focus or at least misdirects the effect that they could have on the management process...
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