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The problem with this is the fact it looks at ALL commercial fisheries as one. This is simply not the case. There are fish out there that the majority of fishing is done commercially. You take these fish out of the equation and yes there may be some regional economic downturn among the commercials only. If you take Fluke or Striped Bass then that would certainly skew the numbers.
Here in NY, commercial Bass fishermen do not make a living off these fish. If you shut down that commercial fishery then they just focus on another fish. If you shut down the recreational bass fishery then tackle shops go out of business. Lure builders suffer. Charter and party boats suffer greatly. If there was a bass shut down then recs would not be going out to play tennis, they are going to fish. Then the rec. Fluke fishery takes a massive hit, or the Blackfish, etc..
What you posted was a black and white opinion. The fisheries are not black and white, they are grey. All of them. They work off each other and if one goes down they all get hit.
While your posts does have some valid points, I can't say I really agree with it as a whole.
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