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Originally Posted by big jay
Will someone at this meeting explain how eliminating the commercial fishery and hamstringing the charter industry will CREATE 14,400 jobs?
If so, I would gladly listen with an open mind.
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I guess I don't see making stripers a game fish hurting the charter boat people that much. May stop some from picking up some extra money commerical fishing but it may actually help them in the end.
Looking at the low end of the estimates there are at least a million people who fish for stripers at least once a year. Turn that into jobs to support needed tackle, bait, motel rooms, food service, charters, party boats, boatyard help, and so on I think that makes more jobs then having a commercial fishery.
The main thing is I think if we keep our present path we risk losing all of those jobs. From 1960 through 1974 the commercial catch averaged about 10 million pounds a year. From 86 - 89 it averaged about 350K. How did that work for everyone.
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