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Originally Posted by baldwin
If the quota is 1,000,000 and bycatch counts toward it, the quota will still be 1,000,000. Same number, not raised, not reduced. Just taken from different areas.
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current bycatch numbers are NOT taken into account when counting up striped bass mortality and quotas for different states. if they were incorporated, the quotas would still be reached, only with less bycatch. there would still be bycatch recorded after the seasons.