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[MikeToole]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

you still didn't answer my question.....
"How does it create jobs if those 1Mil people are already fishing for stripers at least once a year??? Is it suddenly going to be 2mil? then bass have even more to worry about...."

I didn't ask how many jobs the commercial industry produces, HOW does it INCREASE jobs?

My error, I thought you were indicating in your earlier post that we would lose 14,400 jobs from the commercial and charter groups if stripers were made a game fish. That you were asking how we would make up for this. I missed that you were referring to the 14,000 number put out at the SF symposium. No, I can not show how this job increase would occur without creating other problems. But when your talking about a million people, for every 10 dollars more you get them to spend you create about 200 jobs.

My focus is not supporting Stripers Forever, I just support game fish status.

[big jay]

Originally Posted by MikeToole

My error, I thought you were indicating in your earlier post that we would lose 14,400 jobs from the commercial and charter groups if stripers were made a game fish. That you were asking how we would make up for this. I missed that you were referring to the 14,000 number put out at the SF symposium. No, I can not show how this job increase would occur without creating other problems. But when your talking about a million people, for every 10 dollars more you get them to spend you create about 200 jobs.

My focus is not supporting Stripers Forever, I just support game fish status.

Mike - that was my point -- one of the cornerstones of the SF push is that this will [I]create[I] jobs - a point I wholeheartedly disagree with.

As for its effect on the Charter Industry -- why not ask the 3 large Charter Associations in Mass -- Cape Cod, Stellwagon Bank, and North Shore, how they think this could effect their business? I think you would get a better answer there than just guessing.

Lastly, in regard to trusting ASFMC -- Do you really trust the Massachusetts State Assembly to govern your fisheries????

This is opening Pandora's Box -- just wait till the Ocean Conservancy, Pew Charitable Trusts, PETA, and The Humane Society start proposing legislation promoting their own Agendas. They are a heck of alot better backed than SF, and their agendas make the SF guys look like fishkillers.