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Originally Posted by slapshot
The problem with that statement is that they really aren't monitoring that fishery. They have only 2-3% of those vessels staffed with NMFS observers. That is not a representative sample of what is being taken in the fishery.
It is my belief that the river herring are being scooped up with the sea herring. The sea herring fishery has grown dramatically in the last decade and a half.
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it is my belief that your statement is just a guess, and has no basis in fact.