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Originally Posted by BasicPatrick
Johny D... I think you are reaidng something into what I posted.
I argue over the science all the time and agree our best sceince is not much more than educated guess.
I was only trying to aswer a few of the easy questions that came up in this thread.
The 8% release mortality number comes form a study by MA DMF ad is surely nothing more than an average. Obvously less mortality for well handled fish and more for poor handled fish. etc etc. My point about disease is only that there is a acco%$%$%$%$ing for disease mortality. The one fish per person statement has been around for a long time and has been analyzed a lot.
I agree with Mike that the best source for some of this Info is ASMFC but to be honest many of these questions will not be readily avaiable on the web site. The staff thre does however do a great job in getting answers to questions.
As far as condescending, I was not trying to be in this thread by any means. Just offerring up some info. I think these threads are great as they make people think about the resource and every once in a while someone will attend a hearing or meeting. Awesome!!!!!1
As far as the other thread...I did not fire until calle dthe first name. I'll debate merits of an arguement with anyone...call me ignorant or stupid...well then...we'll argue
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My apologies. It seems we're somewhat on the same page then.
From any of the research I've done, any science seems to be very loose in definition. I compare it to the estimated 5-12 thousand (a 140% margin within their "estimate") of seals off our shores. Now this is an animal that needs to come up to the surface for air, is quite large, spends a fair amount of time on sand bars sunning itself and stays within close proximity of those bars. Correlate that to a fish that is constantly on the move, is often times undeniably difficult to track and never has a need to breach the surface.
Timing typically doesn't allow for me to go to meetings, but I try to phone and email my reps whenever necessary.