rediculous story about how the feds are trying to step on the Commercial fishermen

[Duke41]

NIMPS...WIMPS. Out of control. What a bunch of entitled gov Nazi's.

[Dick Durand]

It is ridiculous. There are certainly issues within the commercial industry, and the health of the fish stock is an ongoing concern. I'm always troubled by the by-catch waste, a better system is needed. In this case enforcement does, in fact, seem "over zealous".

[Awesome John]

I know that look on "both" their faces,

the Nimf guy was on the take, asked for more "protection" payoffs the auction house guy got tired of being sucked dry and stood off and was bullied to keep up paying...

The reporter says that the nimfs agency "keep all the fines they issue" and you tell me what kind of stupid law is that? It will bring out the greed in everyone..

this whole thing stinks of corruption...
In the end the fish are getting slaughterd and the greedy parties are fighting over the bounty.. Thats what this is all about...

[Islander77]

Originally Posted by Nebe

I wonder how many juvinile cod are eaten by dogfish :hmm:
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Originally Posted by big jay

I think your supposed to refer to them as "endangered" dogfish -- after all the treehuggers are going after a CITES listing for them as well.

If someone turns the NMFS bumper sticker into a T-shirt - let me know. I'll take 2.

Nebe the dogfish are destroying the cod stocks actually but... If any of yall fished cod daily on the cape ya would know that you cant run through the water without the dogs bouncing of the hull they are up there so thick after the cod.... The fisheries managment on this coast is a joke if they just gave each boat a weight limit " quota" all good oh well what do i know... And BIG JAY ask and you shall recieve bro....

National Marine Fisheries ServiceDESTROYING fis... Hoody from Zazzle.com

[intrepid24]

i read that the reason the nmfs has been so far off with the dogfish is because they use data collected from "bottom" trawl scientific observations, and do not take into account mid-water or surface numbers.
but can they really be that incompetent ?

[Islander77]

Originally Posted by intrepid24

but can they really be that incompetent ?

This was a joke right??? Like seriously you are being sarcastic??? They been Incompitent since 1976.. The Dogfish thing is caues they are a protected species lol... So now they are regulated to whats NMFS says is safe catch... Well here is an Idea they should try to long line for Cod... and watch the dogs take the cod and Haddock off the lines...