Fluke Regs this year

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Tom
They are hygrading , but not by throwing back smaller fish dead .
They use a net bigger than their minimum size so smaller fish swim through .
I asked about mortality of smaller fish when bigger ones cover the net .
They said most of the smaller fish get pushed up and swim through .
Much of what looks like smaller fluke being pulled is actually skates.
There are actually More skates pulled up in a haul than fluke .

While there are some guys out there who would break the law, for many of these guys the ocean is the only life they know.
They aren’t throwing back fish that someday would be money for them .

The guys making videos throwing back boxes of fluke are showing the waste nmfs is causing not allowing some bycatch while fishing for other species.
Makes them sick to do so.