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Originally Posted by iamskippy
And that means every com guy,limits on every outting.
The only difference is comm is regulated by weights, rec is based upon a fish limit not a weight.
There for you are allowing rec guys to only take a max of 50% less fish.
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No, but on an overall basis the commercial sector catches all of its quota every year (or almost all of its quota). How the commercial quota is doled out varies from state to state, but all states now require commercial fish to be tagged, so the accounting for the commercial quota is pretty good.
On the recreational side, the MRFSS statistics are what generated the 25-31% reduction for a one fish limit, because we all know that not everyone limits out, every time out. Now you may or may not believe the MFRSS statistics, but that's all we have. No matter how you cut it a reduction of the recreational limit from two fish to one fish cannot be a 50% reduction in mortality.
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