I hope this happens soon

[JLH]

Originally Posted by l.i.fish.in.vt

JLH,i am glad you brought up the subject of envoirnmental factors. no matter how many fish spawn ,without the right envoirnmental conditions it means nothing.i wonder how many fish contrubuted to the last recovery. i am not sure that reducing the limit to one fish would really decrease the total numbered killed. what if 3 times the number of people decide to keep fish in the future what if i decide to keep one fish aday 7 days a week rather than 2 fish once a week.i think many of the things that people suggest to reduce the number killed are just feel good statements.the only way to decrease the number is by allowing x number to be killed,just as the commercial has a quota.

I think going to one fish and possibly increasing the size limit would cut down some on the number of fish harvested. One example: Most charter boats (and a lot of private boats) limit out every trip because that's what their customers expect. They need to keep their customers happy if they want to stay in business and the customers know the legal limits. It certainly wouldn't result in a 50% reduction in the take for the reasons you mentioned and because there are people that only take one fish now and will continue to do so.

A quota or closed seasons could certainly reduce the numbers of fish killed. Would probably be a lot more difficult to implement than a change in the regulations.

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