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[JohnnyD]

My favorite part of the meeting were the graphs that show the SSB is trending downward along with Abundance numbers. Those numbers don't take into account the mortality from myco or poaching, which ASMFC recognizes as issues that will cause an increase in mortality yet, these idiot fisheries managers still think it's acceptable to further increase the number of fish taken because the ASMFC models don't show the fish at trigger points for action.

Bureaucratic stupidity at its finest.


I did find it interesting that not a single commercial fisherman showed up to show support for the increase.

[ecduzitgood]

I was also surprised that there didn't seem to be any commercial fishermen present. I hope they don't know it's a done deal and the hearing was just to appear as though our input mattered.

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

I was also surprised that there didn't seem to be any commercial fishermen present. I hope they don't know it's a done deal and the hearing was just to appear as though our input mattered.

Not many I talked to even knew about the meeting and to be honest I knew nothing of it till this tread was started.