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Originally Posted by MakoMike
The idea is to protest against some of the excesses of the revised MSA. Such as the mandate to stop "overfishing" by severely restricting catches even when everyone knows that the catches are not what is responsible for the "overfishing." Remember any shortfall in biological mass from the fishery management plan is by definition "overfishing."
Also to stop nonsense like the overuse of the "precautionary principal" like we have seen with the dogfish explosion.
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The goal is to protect the stock, and help rebuild it right? Isn't the only way to do that is to pare down the total allowable catch? What should they call the shortfall ? Who cares who or what is responsible if all we can control is the TAC.