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Originally Posted by Nebe
sector based fishing quotas will based on catch history of the vessel not vessel size. Boats who have been sitting at port or have not been active for the past few years are going to get screwed. The guy who is really going to get screwed is the captain who wants to buy another boat with poor landings, even though he has been doing well on his current boat.
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Isn't that scenario a little like feeling bad for a guy who insists on buying a Toyota Dealership or a typewriter service company in the next year. The commercial fishing buisness will never again be what it was and the fleet is going to shrink. Ecosystem based management plans are coming and far less people will be catching the same amount of fish just so that regulatory discards are converted to sellable product. This is a fact. Buy a boat and get what you deserve right now.