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I thought I posted on this earlier, but I don't see it... Anyway, if you are really concerned you should recognize and address the fact that according to the 2002-2004 numbers, including adjustments for bycatch for comms and release mortality for recs, recs take roughly 70% of the catch by numbers and total weight. One can argue that comms take bigger fish, bycatch is greater than calculated etc, but there is really no denying that the rec impact is dramatically, awesomely greater. Get rid of all commercial bassing and you still have huge #'s of bass killed. I have the same general concerns about the fishery as you, but believe we (recs) are the ones who may need greater restraints and asmfc and nmfc needs its ashstesh arranged for the pathetic bunker limits and other actions. Blaming it on the comms, let alone rod and reel comms will do nothing to fix a huge ecological problem.
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