Striper meeting rant.

[dannyplug1]

Commercials say what you want. Your whole purpose is to make money by killing the big breeders. As a rec I can and have changed my methods and style to reduce accidental mortality as I don't keep fish. As a commercial you can make no such claim. Furthermore, there is an issue of fairness. The commercials are a far smaller group than the recreational sector in terms of numbers. Right? Why is it fair that such a small number of people are allowed to take so many fish. I don't get it because you shell out for a commercial licence you are entitled to take many times my two fish in mass. It a public resource no one person should be entitled to a bigger share of it than another individual. What do you do to justify you share of the resource? Look at a logging company. Atleast when they clear cut a stand of trees they replant seedlings. What do you guys do? Your right I am bitter. I am sick and tired of people who people who continue to destroy a resource that we should conserving.
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[niko]

so by that logic there should be no commercial fishing for any species because they are the peoples fish. and I don't have a right to utilize a resource and earn a portion of my livelihood doing so. and as far as changing my methods to reduce accidental mortality - I've switched to using circle hooks exclusively. i participate in beach cleanups, herring counting, run cleanups, and planting eel grass. so don't sit there and tell me I don't do anything but use up the resource because I do. I live it and do more than most. I comm fish for 2 species and rec fish for just about everything that swims in the new England salt and consider myself a responsible steward of the sea. I support the 25% reduction and voted for it at the last msba meeting because I think there is a problem and this is our chance to help turn it around but no I do not think the bass stocks are on the verge of collapse

[Sea Dangles]

Originally Posted by dannyplug1

Commercials say what you want. Your whole purpose is to make money by killing the big breeders. As a rec I can and have changed my methods and style to reduce accidental mortality as I don't keep fish. As a commercial you can make no such claim. Furthermore, there is an issue of fairness. The commercials are a far smaller





group than the recreational sector in terms of numbers. Right? Why is it fair that such a small number of people are allowed to take so many fish. I don't get it because you shell out for a commercial licence you are entitled to take many times my two fish in mass. It a public resource no one person should be entitled to a bigger share of it than another individual. What do you do to justify you share of the resource? Look at a logging company. Atleast when they clear cut a stand of trees they replant seedlings. What do you guys do? Your right I am bitter. I am sick and tired of people who people who continue to destroy a resource that we should conserving.
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Don't hate the player
Hate the game
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