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40 fish is completely ridiculous. That's just plain greedy. No one here should be worried about keeping a few fish. Even keeping one a week is miniscule compared to 40 per day. I don't like keeping them, but I'm the only person that I can control, so I take my own stance as we all should. But really, is keeping a few fish in a season gonna hurt?
Absolutely not... 40 fish per day, xxxmillion pounds per year... those are the numbers that will make or break the stocks.
Also, 28" is too small. That serves no one. Let 'em spawn a few times. If you can't catch a 34" fish, you can't take one home... tough crap.
I guess the only thing we can do is too increase our support of these and other environmental issues. When I used to attend MSBA meetings, they would always update us on ways to voice our opinions to gov't.
Petitions, letters, armed resistance... I know I am for these issues, but I rarely actually do anything about it other than my own practices. Maybe I should talk less and act more.
I know florida anglers saved redfish and sea trout by banding together and fighting for several years. Now both fish along with snook are heavily protected... snook and reds both have gamefish status and there is NO commercial fishing. Don't remember if trout are include in that. And what were once collapsed stocks, are now booming fisheries that bring in $$MILLIONS from recreational anglers that come from all over the country and beyond.
Maybe we should use that as a case study and just try harder.
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