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Originally Posted by dakota560
Did I take note.....no but at the same time why is that relevant? Why it happens as opposed to the fact that it did and does happen I'd bet on a very large scale is what does matter. Seafood consumption in this country / world is skyrocketing. The supply is coming from somewhere and it's not recreational anglers or in the case of fluke and flounder not from increased imports. This is a purely domestic food supply hitting the markets. Look at the commercial harvest numbers posted on an earlier thread from the 80's through current. Does anyone honestly believe more fish were brought to market back in the 80's then today in the health crazed world we live in. Kings, Whole Food and Costco probably sell more fish today by themselves than the entire market did back in the 80's! It is off the charts, pressuring every fishery and again while I agree recreational pressure contributes to the problem it is NOT the primary problem threatening fluke and every other fishery in the ocean with a market presence.
Enough said since we're beating a dead horse and it's obvious our perspectives regarding the underlying cause are relatively different. Regardless of opinions, the unfortunate result is a pretty bleak looking future for all of us.
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the reason its relevant is the guy who poached all these fish paid to fish for 30000 pounds of research set aside fish, in where he paid the the same Government agency 75 thousand bucks to fish for something they claim the stocks are low on.
It allowed him to fish outside of the normal fluke season without the same enforcement the commercial guys go through here in NJ.
as once he paid the fee, he could fish when ever he wanted. Good thing that came out of this bust is they did away with selling that quota. as it opened a giant door for illegal harvest .
And the comment about 7000 pounds being thrown away to keep 250 pounds was a blown out of porpotion statement.
These guys do 4 -5 tows to catch what was 500 pounds.
They arent catching thousands of pounds and throwing them back dead.
They tow till they meet their daily quota, and then hit those same spots the next day.
sure there will always be guys who try and skirt the system. just as their are guys among us who do the same thing daily.
hopefully they all get caught and they make the fines steep enough to make others think twice
