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Raocky Gauron shpuld talk to someone that was there beofre he starts hitting the panic button.
The recreational advisory panel recommended that the bag limit stay at 10 fish per person, That the Gulf of Maine closed area remain open to recreational vessels, that the cod season should be closed Nov. 1 to April 1,(cod only anglers could still fish for toher groundfish) and that the size limit be increased to 24 or 25 inches, whatever amount is necessary to bring us closse to the mandated 38% reduction. We were told that as long as we were close, the recommendation would be respected. The council has never refused to heed the reccomendations of the RAP. The Groundfish Advisory Panel met the next day and voted to supprt the RAP advice, the counsil will take it up at their November meeting in Hyanis.
Recreational fishermen are currently taking about 30% of the total catch, and should, IMHO take the same amount of a reduction as the rest of the fleet.
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