Gulf of Maine cod limits

[stripermaineiac]

I remember the 400lb limit per day. the boats would go out every morning and cull till they had 400 lbs of the best dollar value fish. I know this because i helped a freind as his deck ape and after 4 days of dumping thousands of lbs of small cod an other fish over the side till he was satisfied with what he had in the totes.The money from the fish barely paid expenses for the day.He told me he will always protect his right to fish comercialy right up till the last fish was caught.I never went out with him after that and lost any sympathy for the comercial fishing industry as I had heard this many times over the years with the net striper fisherman an many others.You make your bed you sleep in it.They'll all end up with a check an a free ride for the mess they helped create.We'll end up paying the bill.