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The 5 mile scenario was just put out to prove my point that I think the bait is the actual problem here.The people that manage the resources are failing and their decisions are changing migration,spawn and foraging for many different species not just bass.The entire system needs an overhaul.Like said earlier what works for one fishery doesn't for others.Bottom line is no bait=no fish.No bait= fish eat into other fishery's.No bait=bad.Bottom line it's what needs to be fixed.The com quota in some states could be adjusted for fair coverage from all of the other states.I don't see why some of the states with the larger quota's would need an increase .Should be like tug of war if RI gets 100K lbs then a couple of the heavy hitting states should have to lower their overall to make up the difference thus not changing the overall.Until the fishery managers can get accurate stock assessments I don't think an increase in total com take is the right move.Shuffling the take from state to state for now is fine but the problem's will still remain.It's other fishery's impact on the bass that needs to be fixed.So I don't support overall comm increase but I do think they could shuffle the numbers from state to state a bit more.
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