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[QUOTE=New ideas are great. Would you like to be the chair of the committee to get the ball rolling with your ideas? I'll help and so won't some others.[/QUOTE]
So, I'm definitely not the person to chair as I have no idea what would be the most effective method and as others have said, what is the message??? I am committed to putting in as much effort as I can to help.
I agree that 1 @ 36 has been the only measurably effective method of restoration and why not support what we know works.
I don't know how others feel but I would guess that most of the req guys would be happy to "donate" their current two per day quota to the comm guys to maybe avoid some staunch opposition from the guys who do rely on the fishery to provide for their families? Maybe on the license, there could be an option to "opt out" of being able to harvest.
Sounds like the first goal is to agree on the target regulations. How do we start that discussion? Maybe a survey through the local magazines, SCJ, OTW, Fisherman, F&S, handouts at shops and the big shows coming up after the new year? This could be almost like a vote where you check your box, sign and send it in. Include your fishing license number, etc. I would volunteer to distribute and try to educate at shows, etc.
There are two groups: Those that want to make a living on it and those that want to preserve it, and maybe a 3rd somewhere in between. We both have to give in order for it to not vanish and we have to find common ground and then join forces to push the terds in control to adopt what the people who pay them want them to do.
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