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Old 11-17-2011, 02:32 PM   #55
Mike P
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They would have to ignored their own fishery management plan to do anything this year. Go read the stock assessment, SSB is above target F is below target. No one on the commission would have voted for more restricted measures.
The vote was 9-6. Throw out the federal agencies involved, USF&WS and NMFS, and it was 7-6. 6 states wanted more restrictive measures. Each state, as I understand it, has at least 3 representatives, so multiple people from each dissenting state wanted more restrictive measures right now.

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