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Met a young man yesterday who makes his living as a year round commercial fisherman. He owns a dragger and offshore lobster boat. Fishes for almost everything year round to earn his living. I asked him if he fished commercially for striped bass. He laughed, looked at me like I was nuts, and said that "zoo" has nothing to do with commercial fishing.
Seems that full time commercial fishermen consider "commercial" striped bass fishing with disdain. Nothing more than a bunch of recreational guys cashing in on their hobby.
Striped bass are already a "gamefish". It is only that some playing the game have influenced the rules to favor their preference's at the expense of others. The "commercial" label is a ruse to make it seem like an alternate user group, but at the end of the day almost all people selling striped bass are recreational fishermen, like Dave.
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