We Are Screwed.........

[Rocky]

When the people who control and decide our fisheries managment have no idea what is the best fisheries management plan until the very last minute you know they have no idea what they are doing!

[bulletbob]

They go into default mode.. Its really just a simple procedural matter-

Shorter Season
Smaller Bag
Larger minimum size

problems resolved!

see now, how easy that was?... geez, you guys really over complicate things!

[Capt. Debbie]

Too true. Just assume the worst and no one will consider your reckless. Right?

Originally Posted by bulletbob

They go into default mode.. Its really just a simple procedural matter-

Shorter Season
Smaller Bag
Larger minimum size

problems resolved!

see now, how easy that was?... geez, you guys really over complicate things!

[Dutchie]

Everyone says follow the science, science is proof ,regulations that are arrived at not based in science are nothing but conjecture and unfortunately seem to be sold to the highest bidder in my personal opinion.

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by Dutchie

Everyone says follow the science, science is proof ,regulations that are arrived at not based in science are nothing but conjecture and unfortunately seem to be sold to the highest bidder in my personal opinion.

I will NEVER, in my life, no matter how hard I try, and how long I study and think about the issue, be able to understand ANY wildlife management system that espouses harvesting ONLY the breeding females, and not the far more numerous and smaller males... Thats a viable system of course, when you are trying to REDUCE the numbers of a species!!!!.. Why can't these blockheads understand that???.. WHAT are they thinking???..

Yeah, lets let anglers take the larger breeding females only.. makes perfect sense.

[tautog]

Luckily I stopped caring about a decade ago.

[Capt Sal]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

I will NEVER, in my life, no matter how hard I try, and how long I study and think about the issue, be able to understand ANY wildlife management system that espouses harvesting ONLY the breeding females, and not the far more numerous and smaller males... Thats a viable system of course, when you are trying to REDUCE the numbers of a species!!!!.. Why can't these blockheads understand that???.. WHAT are they thinking???..

Yeah, lets let anglers take the larger breeding females only.. makes perfect sense.

Unless it is deer! Kill the females to reduce the population???

[Detour66]

The rec guy's are certainly getting screwed and have been for a long time now. I believe in fair regulations but as others said here on this post what they are doing with Fluke makes no sense at all. I'm almost willing to bet with the current regulations on Fluke and the keeping mostly all females it will just be a mater of time before they close the season all together. Of coarse none of this will impact the commercial sector. It will be business as usual!

[AndyS]

I signed up for the Saltwater Registry, so all is saved !!!

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by Capt Sal

Unless it is deer! Kill the females to reduce the population???

Right,, up here in NY, deer populations go from high to insanely high... When it gets to the point that deer populations explode, and people get tired of ruining their cars by hitting them, Albany encourages hunters by greatly increasing the harvest of does to REDUCE the population.. Yet fisheries ""managers"" think killing the 18 + inch potentially breeding females is the way to increase the population... Yeah, makes sense to me...