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Old 02-06-2010, 12:28 PM   #14
JohnR
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Originally Posted by CowHunter View Post
C'mon..... You really think that the fishing is that bad??????
Can we afford not to be proactive and err on the side of caution?

I'm not one of the people that wants to go Gamefish and eliminate all commercial fishing for stripers. Anecdotal observations of the past few years and conversations of this winter has done nothing to increase my support for comm bass fishing. And the way things are going and have the potential to go, you will see fewer people not against shutting down commercial fishing and lot more for shutting it down. This is reaching a tipping point on both quality of the stocks AND public perception on the merits of comm bass fishing.

ASMFC keeps pushing to open more pounds and areas and less conservation then it may all crash.

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