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Problem is the boards are too political. Either they have been appointed due to their bias or when they do the right thing the local politicians step in and try to overrule them. Next thing you see is the local newspaper jumping on the band wagon of how the new regulations will destroy a way of life for the commercial fisherman.
This sets it up for anti-fishing groups to step in and use the courts to take control. Once the court steps in and rules now the board and politicians can step back and say I tried to help but now I can't, not my fault. Then the warning come that you better go along or some evil group will step in and use the courts. It just continues to happen.
Take the time and read about the Grand Banks to see just how bad over fishing can be. During the first 20-years of severe restrictions they saw almost no improvement in the ground fish stocks.
For about 15-years off of NH you rarely saw a haddock caught. Then they started to come back alittle and first thing the board does is remove the recreational limit on haddock. They just don't learn.
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