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[stripermaineiac]

Mike enough . are you so blind that you don't see what has happened. cod gone,hake gone,monk fish gone,Tommy cod gone, pollock almost gone. i mean come on enough is enough. what does it take to take the steps needed so we have fish in the future?Haddock,halibut,yellow tailed flounder. I used to see them all the time as a kid.Stripers,Mackeral,Pollock,winter an summer flounder,fluke an so on. how many speicies need to dissappear till we do what needs to be done. I mean come on enough is enough. I make custom lurs,rods,flies an so on. I still push for catch n release. Why? I've lived through the moritoium. Been there done that. how bout we finally stop bein so damn greedy that we do something for the fish we chase an love.

[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by stripermaineiac

Mike enough . are you so blind that you don't see what has happened. cod gone,hake gone,monk fish gone,Tommy cod gone, pollock almost gone. i mean come on enough is enough. what does it take to take the steps needed so we have fish in the future?Haddock,halibut,yellow tailed flounder. I used to see them all the time as a kid.Stripers,Mackeral,Pollock,winter an summer flounder,fluke an so on. how many speicies need to dissappear till we do what needs to be done. I mean come on enough is enough. I make custom lurs,rods,flies an so on. I still push for catch n release. Why? I've lived through the moritoium. Been there done that. how bout we finally stop bein so damn greedy that we do something for the fish we chase an love.

You really do need to check your facts before posting. Atlantic Halibut were depleted before the turn of the last century. We are at the southern end of their range and they will never be "abundant" in our waters. Tommy cod have never been managed as they are not commercially fished, so any local scarcity is due to something unrelated to fishing. Monk Fish (goosefish) are doing well, when was the last time you fished for them? Same thing goes for yellowtail flounder, have you ever caught one on a hook and line, unless they were snagged? Summer flounder are also doing well, winter flounder are down, but that's a state matter. I want to see what kind of lures you make to catch yellowtail flounder.

The point has nothing to do with whether or not a specie has been successfully managed, it has everything to do with the people who manage the fisheries. If you really want to point a finger at the management failures, you should point it at the so called "scientists." The councils have to follow the scientific recommendations of the SSCs.

[Slipknot]

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