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Originally Posted by blue oyster
if its put out by the commercial fisheries it should be taken with a grain of salt , sounds like they want to up the quota to me
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The article was certainly published in a newspaper called "Commercial Fisheries News". But who did the actual stock assessment? Was it the ASMFC, Commercial Fisheries News, or some independant commercial fishing interest with "Hired Gun" scientists? Would it have been better, or more believable if the stock assessment had been bleak?
I've read threads and posts on this board which indicate that the ASMFC has a strong bias towards commercial fiherman. Is this true for every species that they manage?
I've never read "Striper Wars". Did the ASMFC play any part in the rebuilding of striped bass stocks? Did they work with #^&#^&#^&#^& Russel, against him, or did they play absolutely no part?
Are their efforts to manage/rebuild stocks of the American eel and river herring counter to the interests of recreational fishing?
If I had left the name of the newspaper and the ASMFC out of the post, would the reaction have been different?