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Old 10-19-2011, 06:23 PM   #29
Mike P
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Originally Posted by piemma View Post
Mike I really hope you're wrong. This is a good YOY but we will not see these fish , even at 16" schoolies for 4 years. They will not reach 20# until 2022 or 2023. A 36" fish is estimated to be 12 years old and that's about 20#.
The time to mitigate the losses is now not "close the barn door after the horse is stolen."
Couldn't agree more, Paul. But, if you remember back when---one good YOY index, in 1989, was enough for them to lift the moratorium. You can bet your bottom dollar that the charter industry and the commercials will be fighting any reduction tooth and nail now.

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