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The EEZ has always been the wild west where anything goes anyway. Very little enforcement. I have some boat fishing friends who are very frustrated about it. The only way to curb this is to start publicly calling out the businesses who routinely fish in the restricted area. If they won't enforce it then publicly embarrass the charter/party boats who fish there on Social Media. I think The Fisherman Magazine and OTW should run a story and document what is going on out there. Send a boat out there - get over the line and start taking photos. Your magazines are Journalism - you owe it to your readers to document what is happening not just complain with occasional editorials. Boat owners - time to police your peers who are fishing illegally. Don't complain and wait for someone else to be the heavy - do the right thing and call them out or turn them in.
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