iso cod jigs

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

20-25 80+ft draggers a day, lots of them over 100ft dragging mid bank to north corner taking 25-50,000 lbs a day october & november , thanks to catch shares the damage is done

October and november... where are they now? Sitting at port. They caught their share. Consider this... they could do what they did and pound the fish hard for a month or two and catch their share and take a long break, or go out all the time and target varied species and throw back everything they cant sell.. I think catch shares is smart fishing.

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Nebe

October and november... where are they now? Sitting at port. They caught their share. Consider this... they could do what they did and pound the fish hard for a month or two and catch their share and take a long break, or go out all the time and target varied species and throw back everything they cant sell.. I think catch shares is smart fishing.

Smart fishing ?
So you are saying privatization and consolidation of this fishery is a good thing ?
Some of my commercial friends have told me lots of these draggers are from Maine, New Hampshire and and as far south as NY because they wiped out the fishery in their areas and our small areas holding fish can't sustain the damage they have been able to do.
All the recs & charter boats yearly catch total added up together don't add up what these boats can take in a day.