[Broad Bill]

Winds aside, 8 keeper fluke for 10 fares. Wow! That's not a knock on you Capt. Scott, you put the effort in. Years ago, and not as long as some might think, you could fish a jetty or a number of places from shore and catch a dozen keeper fluke in a day with some quality size fish. This fishery is so upside down, someone, and at this stage I don't know who that person or institution is because they're all complicit, has to change the regulations if this stock is to survive. In 2018, we all said enough is enough and the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. Well that's precisely what's being done.

Someone help me understand the logic behind this. For 2024, the recreational harvest limit is 6.35 million pounds. For 2021, the recreational harvest limit was 8.32 million pounds. The recreational regulations for both 2021 and 2024 are identical at three fish and an 18" size minimum with 2024 having a longer season.

How exactly can the management of this stock have a 31% decrease in the annual quota yet have the same regulations both possession and size minimum in place with a longer season to boot. Another example of just how badly this stock is being managed by using the same management methodology and regulations over and over again and expecting different results is not only the definition of stupidity but a recipe for failure. It makes zero sense how the fishery is being managed and all the people depending on it are ultimately paying the price of management's utter incompetence.