[Saltheart]

One of the problems is the number of casual coms who get the license so they can keep the commercial limit of forty fish but sell none. It all goes in their own freezers and never gets counted towards the quota. I bet twice as much fish gets caught and not counted this way in MA as gets caught and sold and counted. The problem is even worse with Fluke and Tog. The guys I know who buy the license are after Fluke and tog for their freexers. None gets counted towards a commercial quota even though they catch to the commercial limit. . They only chase stripers when the fluke and tog are closed. Its all legal so i don't blame them for obeying the law to their own benefit. Lots of loopholes in the law like this need to be closed.

Just to make it clear , I'm not against commercial fishing at all. Whatever the law allows , I think the people should maximize their catch. I'm just against the loopholes that allow overfishing above the annual quotas.