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Originally Posted by JohnnyD
My understanding of catch shares is very limited but based on the above, this looks like something I would 100% support. You're telling me that strict limits will be put on the number of fish kept as opposed to the idiots that go out and kill their limit every chance they get?
Scientists would be able to have detailed information on how many fish are killed every year. Sure, people are still going to poach, but it's not like they don't do it now.
As someone who only keeps 2-3 fish/year, fishes mostly from land or invites from friends with boats, my cost to fish won't go up at all. It's not going to cost any more to "go on a fishing trip", unless you want meat but then it's not a fishing trip, it' a harvesting trip. On the Recreational side, people that fish because they love it and release most of their fish should support this.
I'd completely support something along the lines of everyone getting 2 tags with their license and then have to buy any extra tags, with limits put on how many you can buy.
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Sorry, but in the EDF world of catch shares you can't fish without a tag, after all if you catch a fish and release it it might die. "everyone" won't even get one tag, the proposal from the SAFMC is for a lottery so if you put in for the lottery and get a tag you'll be able to fish but only keep one fish unless you buy more tags.
In case I'm not getting through to you, you will have to pay extra to go fishing no matter what you catch or keep.