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Originally Posted by leptar
It's not about conservation here any more.. you want to conserve the fish then make it NO-TAKE. <PERIOD>
the only thing this amendment will do is guarantee the slaughter of this species.
So now when this passes and i catch a 38" bass that inhaled a needlefish or what ever and it is guaranteed dead i must now throw it back. All day long you can slaughter 22-24" fish on sandworm/sea clam... now it's legal...
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I am pretty sure 1 fish at this slot would be better for the health of the population than current regs, all other factors aside. Also, at this point if you catch a 27" fish that inhaled a needlefish and is dead you would need to throw it back. I would guess there isn;t any solid data on it, but coastwide there are probably more 27" fish caught and fatally injured than 38" fish.
I am not saying this bill is the answer, trying to be objective about what I think the reasoning behind it might be.
Also, no take would not necessarily be the best for conservation if there wasn't no take of all forage fish. If the population is too big it collapses. The population needs to be balanced to be healthy
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