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Originally Posted by numbskull
A healthy fishery is what we want, not a maximally exploited one, even if that exploitation is "sustainable".
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I think this sums it up best. Unfortunately, Mike is right, the managers' hands are tied due to federal law.
Apparently, according to Mike, MSA is "up"? next year, so I guess now is the chance to make a change.
Changing to gamefish status, or 1@36" are all great mantras for Striped Bass regulation, but striped bass are just a very small piece of a gigantic confusing puzzle which is managed by MSA, and MSA won't allow for anything except taking MSY.
The way we assess & manage fisheries needs to drastically change, and it sounds like the chance to do this is with the re-visiting of the MSA next year.
The first question is, what is the new management scheme that is better than what they do now?
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