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After watching numerous shows about commercial fishing, it is quite apparent that it does indeed have a huge negative affect on fisheries.
One show I saw, was about the Hawaiian fleet,said they actually keep their non target species for sale.
But after watching the show about the long liners, and see them discarding dead shorts, and dead sharks it left a bad taste in my mouth.
As far as angler registration goes I've seen what happens before. They do basically the same thing for migratory birds, it is called a hip permit. They will randomly call you and ask questions. Some of the questions are how many days or trips did you hunt? How long did you spend hunting?, how many of this duck did you shoot? how many of that duck did you shoot ?
Does this info help them? I doubt it, as there is nothing preventing someone from fudging the numbers whether it be accidentally ( you just don't honestly remember) or on purpose( you know but would rather they did not).
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