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Originally Posted by Sashamy
Better yet I just had an epiphany....how about you give the commercial guys a slot...28 to 34 inches...40 a day that would be great less pcb's include the males intothe fishery and your precious spawning females that you are so worried about would be somewhat spared...I'd go for that...more money for the fish as well!
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Yes, why would we want to protect those "precious spawning females". You're projected mindset is what's wrong with commercial fisherman - all about the Benjamins. It's not about the fish. If you were a logger, you'd want to indiscriminately clear cut every forest; if you were a farmer, you'd use poisons and other toxins without regard for its effects.
In a well-managed system, I think commercial fishing *can* exist harmoniously with the rest of the system. However, we have a terribly managed fishery system and commercial fishermen that think any regulation is too much regulation. Guys like above make the respectable R&R guys who care about preserving the resource for everyone's benefit look bad.
The fishery has already crashed once. At this rate, it's only a matter of time before it can't recover.