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schoolie monster · 05-15-2003, 01:18 PM

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Flyrod, why tell me what the rec take was? Again, you are implying that the comm take and the rec take should be comparable.

It should not be comparable. The rec take should be far more b/c there are many, many thousand times more recreational fishermen.

And whether this comm or that comm can or cannot catch his limit is totally irrelavent. Their are plenty of recs that probably don't catch a keeper all year... does that play into this argument?

I'm not trying to be j@ck@$$, but we went 'round and 'round about this last year and the year before (and its argued all over the place) and the gentlemen on the commercial side continually compare the "rec take" vs. the "comm take". Inherent in that type of arguement is the assumption that the two should be equal. It is so ridiculous

Your take should be equitable to my take... bottom line.

Fly rod and schoolie monster... equal number of fish for each. That is fair.

I am not totally against commercial fishing for striped bass as long as it is managed as a sustainable resource. Sure, I would selfishly love to see striped bass become a gamefish, but I think that a rod & reel commercial striped bass can be maintained. And I wouldn't have a problem with a system where anyone can get a commercial license, a comm can harvest something reasonable, like 5 fish per day, and that quotas and laws were strictly enforced.

Unfortunately, enforcement sucks and the management sucks, it serves the commercial interests despite overwhelming economic evidence that rec fishing pours many millions more into the economy than commercial fishing does, and it doesn't address the real problems. You can't manage a single species independently of the 100's or 1000's of other species and the habitat that the original species, our favorite striped bass, depends on to live its life.

I was trying to limit my point to the "rec take vs. comm take" that really drives me nuts.

05-15-2003, 01:18 PM	#14
schoolie monster Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,195	spin Flyrod, why tell me what the rec take was? Again, you are implying that the comm take and the rec take should be comparable. It should not be comparable. The rec take should be far more b/c there are many, many thousand times more recreational fishermen. And whether this comm or that comm can or cannot catch his limit is totally irrelavent. Their are plenty of recs that probably don't catch a keeper all year... does that play into this argument? I'm not trying to be j@ck@$$, but we went 'round and 'round about this last year and the year before (and its argued all over the place) and the gentlemen on the commercial side continually compare the "rec take" vs. the "comm take". Inherent in that type of arguement is the assumption that the two should be equal. It is so ridiculous Your take should be equitable to my take... bottom line. Fly rod and schoolie monster... equal number of fish for each. That is fair. I am not totally against commercial fishing for striped bass as long as it is managed as a sustainable resource. Sure, I would selfishly love to see striped bass become a gamefish, but I think that a rod & reel commercial striped bass can be maintained. And I wouldn't have a problem with a system where anyone can get a commercial license, a comm can harvest something reasonable, like 5 fish per day, and that quotas and laws were strictly enforced. Unfortunately, enforcement sucks and the management sucks, it serves the commercial interests despite overwhelming economic evidence that rec fishing pours many millions more into the economy than commercial fishing does, and it doesn't address the real problems. You can't manage a single species independently of the 100's or 1000's of other species and the habitat that the original species, our favorite striped bass, depends on to live its life. I was trying to limit my point to the "rec take vs. comm take" that really drives me nuts.