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Originally Posted by MakoMike
The only fishing on less than giant bulefin tuna is by rod and reel. So all of the fishing mortality is by Rod anbd reel, so whatever "dent" is put on the fihs, it is all as a result of R&R fishing.
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That is a pathetic way of looking at the fishery and is very skewed. Especially since most of the small fish damage is done overseas. The USA R&R small BFT fishery damage is next to nil compared to comm fisheries any place in the world and you know it. I know you have seen photos of those tiny (almost bonito size) BTF caught overseas for comm reasons.
The problem with the tuna is it swims all around the world and we have little to no control over what other countries really do. IMO we will never stop them from fishing until there are no more fish for them to kill. For anyone to say its the weekend fishermen in New England (who probably gets out a few trips each year) and is doing all the fishery damage...is a an outright distortion IMO.
I hope that is the new reg. I wrote them a letter last season telling them their approach last year was too complicated with seasons regions and fish limits. A consistent size and bad limit throughout the year is the way to go.
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