A good read on Fluke
 

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Good read. Thanks for posting. Sounds like another civil war is brewing :eek:

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Don't have time to read the whole thing, but already one point stands out and it's BS.

The reason fluke populations are "moving north" is because the BIOMASS IS GROWING. There are fluke everywhere!

And... They've been catching fluke in New England as long as we've been catching them here.

More political nonsense spewing an agenda to spurn "climate change." More from me on this later when I get a chance to read the whole thing. :rolleyes:

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Just a little further today folks....!

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25 years ago when I went to Cape Cod in August, the party boats would sail for Tog and sea bass with some porgies. Nobody fished for fluke

Now it is all fluke and porgies

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Yep - they have to fish for something given the Cod Closures.

They close down one fishery and people target and put pressure on other stocks.

But hey, that's not the case here.... It's obviously Global Warming :rolleyes:

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It's no longer global warming it's now climate change. And according to some the number one threat to our national security

Wanna buy a bridge?:D

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Arizona just up the bag limit to 8 fluke at 14 inches.

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I'm confused, are you guys arguing that Climate change isn't real? Or that it isn't man made? One of those is arguable the other is not. The climate IS changing. Climate always changes. Whether it's man made or not is the question I thought. So if we can agree that the climate is changing, is it not then reasonable that the fish are moving because of it?

Isn't that the whole reason invasive Lion Fish are doing so well where they never did before? They require warmer temperatures and as the oceans warm, and acidify fish that didn't do well before, now are.

I "personally" believe that man made climate change is real, and that there are things that can be done about it. I believe the Occam's Razor of climate change is that burning all the oil and coal is releasing carbon which is causing an acceleration of a change that would happen regardless. It's the simplest answer for the current speed. But that doesn't matter, carbon taxes and wind power are outside the scope of the Fluke Fishery. What matters is the question of ARE they moving north and if so, what can be done about it that is fair to everyone involved.

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The reason fluke populations are "moving north" is because the BIOMASS IS GROWING. There are fluke everywhere!



100% agreed.
stock is as healthy as it has ever been.
the whole thing is a debate over an allocation of funding with a political spin.