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Originally Posted by Team Rock On
I think you have to remember that the com. fisherman is harvesting the fish for public consumption, so technically those 4 million pounds are spread amoungst 300 million people (the US population, and that doesn't include tourists that might want to eat fish). Also remember that the dead discards of the rec. fisherman exceeds the total harvest by the com fishery. Some good info to support these facts here... http://www.asmfc.org/speciesDocument...review2007.pdf
So one could argue that 1% of the population is killing 70% of the fish if you believe the above science... |
Reread my post and try again. There are alternate sources of striped bass for public consumption now, so you can argue that a commerical season only serves to discourage the further development of aquaculture (what is cheaper, Alantic Salmon which is 100% farmed, or Striped Bass?). I also do not believe for one moment that the dead discards by the average individual recreational fisherman exceeds the combined dead discards and dead sold fish of an average commerical fisherman. So again, how is it fair that a commerical guy should be able to kill more of the public resource than a recreational guy? Help me out here. Thanks.