NMFS Closes Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (BFT) Northern Area Trophy Fishery - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

buckmanjr · 07-20-2010, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyD

buckman, you forget that if someone makes money off of a resource, then you have an elevated level of entitlement to it and can say "screw everyone else."

I make money off the resource, no one else should fish for them except me

Slick Moedee · 07-20-2010, 09:44 AM

in this thread is why it was closed in the first place. The recreational "trophy" North quota for 2010 was only 1.7 mt or or 3,750 lb. If you were to use a 200 lb avg weight that is only 18 fish. Looking back over the years this "trophy" has always only had a handful of fish. This wasn't a biological issue, but an accounting one.