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Originally Posted by capesams
this could be done, but then it'd only take a few draggers to kill the season for everyone.
draggers are bringing up net fulls long after the season is over..you still have dead fish regardless.
the old com. gang will still fish offshore where the fish are regardless of any line on any map or gps till they can no longer stand up in a boat.
now what?..point is...you'll never stop them unless there is no selling season ANYWHERE.But thats only for the hook an line guy....draggers will always kill ..season or no selling season.
ps...saveing the bait is what should be looked into...no bait- no fish.
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Exactly, Now you see my point! This is an issue that all comm fishermen must work out amongst themselves. Who is going to kill the SB? My point is that it needs to be limited to whatever the quota is an no more...for any reason. If they overshoot the quota, it comes off the top of the next years quota.
This is why I see no need for a rod and reel SB comm fishery. (and I have a lic) The quota can be reached with the by-catch of full time comm fishermen alone. whats the point? I have asked this very question to the director himself and his answer was..."it is an historical fishery"....my response was "so....that is not a reason, slavery was "historical" too but we got past that"
Bait or no bait...overfishing and waste needs to be stopped. Bait is not the entire problem. dumping perfectly good dead fish is wrong and an outright waste of
our resource.