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Old 04-01-2011, 06:18 PM   #66
MaineRob
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Originally Posted by Mike P View Post
It's closer to 90% when you look at the fact that the overwhelming majority of the Massachusetts "commercial" fishery is made up of recreational anglers looking to pick up a few extra bucks to defray their expenses.

If they ever limited the fishery to those who derive at least 50% of their income from the sale of fish, you'd have a 1.1 million pound quota with no closed season.
It would be a sad day if you could not take your kid fishing for stripers because we were reserving them for work rather than pleasure.
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