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Originally Posted by MAKAI
How is Charter fishing not considered commercial fishing ?
Are the clients that pay you for fish any different than bringing the fish to someone else to buy ? Isn't the end result the same ?
Whether you load up the buyers truck at the dock or people leave your boat with them.
You get paid each day to cull out some bass.
It's not a knock, I'm just curious why there is a separation of the two.
I'm sure I'll get a good reason as to why. From a simple point of view it's just semantics at the end of the day fish is what is sold.
Why do I have a feeling this is gonna be like throwing rocks at a wasp nest.
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Charter captains are only held to the amount of fish legaly permitted to each angler on board the boat. Say there are 6 anglers on a trip, that means 12 keepers can be taken. If the captain does 2 trips per day, 6 days per week, that means that there could potentially be 144 keepers being killed per week. And the season lasts as long as the fish are around.
Commercial guys have a shorter season with a quota and are limited by which days they can fish.
While a charter captain is still fishing for money, it's different than the commercial guys. They actually have a greater impact on the fishery because of the amounts they take. On the flip side, you could argue that charter boats are taking fish that may have been caught and kept by the fishermen on the boat anyways.
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