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Originally Posted by l.i.fish.in.vt
numbskull,not sure what you mean by ''quality fishing'',but if you mean size,i would have to say the average recreational fisherman gives a rats ass about size.
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By "quality" I mean fishery that is managed so the fish are available throughout their historic range in reasonable abundance and natural size distribution.
We are no where close to that presently. The large YOY class 2 years ago makes the population numbers work so that management can claim the species is not over fished.
"Not over fished" is a hell of a long way aways from a healthy fishery.
A healthy fishery is what we want, not a maximally exploited one, even if that exploitation is "sustainable".
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