Are the chickens comming home to roost?

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^& Durand

Can't wait to see what kind of action if any the ASMFC will take.

Their history is to be reactive, rather than pro-active.

Catch reductions were on the table 3 years ago---until the YOY numbers came out in the fall. Tabled. All was well again.

For "maximum sustainable yield" 3 bad years in a row should trigger catch reductions.You can't sustain what ain't sustaining themselves naturally.