[Broad Bill]

Capt., the recreational sector has been screwed more times than Stormy Daniels and that's saying something. Less kids getting involved in this sport is directly proportionate to the internet and in my opinion restrictions and constraints placed on the recreational sector over the last two or three decades even as it's been an important part of most of our lives. Fathers already struggling to make ends meet can't afford to drop $250-$350 to take their children fishing and bring nothing home. The point of my post was in spite of that, fishing is a recreational activity in our blood and a life choice by many still. What other recreational activity, or sport if you will, can you enjoy and participate in when your a child and still when you're 60 or 70 years old? None. Retaining some of your harvest for a meal should be the God-given right I agree and fisheries management has made it anything but. In order for that to ever change, there has to be pushback against the powers to be that are causing fisheries up and down the coast to become their own personal piggy banks as opposed to a public resource fairly allocated between the recreational angler and commercial interests. I wasn't at all suggesting that the regulations that we've been hamstrung by are fair, just pointing out how important fighting for less stringent regulations and the survival of our beloved sport is.