Fluke and Sea Bass Returns

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Originally Posted by dakota560

I'm trying to be nice but truthfully I'm shocked at your question. Your position is basically if commercial had an 8" minimum size, they would be forced to harvest 8" fish.

No.

My point is - if they drag up a 14" fish, they are forced to keep it and count it towards their quota. That's why they opposed the smaller size limit.

Nothing else you're claiming has anything to do with the 14" comm limit. If draggers are catching larger fish it's not bc there's a smaller size limit - that defies all logic. Maybe they're better at deploying their gear, maybe there are larger fish represented in the population, or some combination thereof.

I'm not sure if you're confused about this or just using the 14" comm limit cynically to whip up support for your dubious narrative. IDGAF about the draggers, but whatever else is wrong with fisheries management re fluke the 14" comm min size is not part of it. It was a step in the right direction to limiting waste.