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[Broad Bill]

Just remember the higher the price, the more tax dollars generated for federal and state governments. Who do you honestly think will win, the politicians or baby fluke and lobster?

With recreational they could care less about what you catch, it's all about fishing effort and how much you spend on the water. Which is why the regulations for '24 and '25 will be 3 at 18" with an extended season so there's more money spent and tax dollars collected.

Increased catch values for the commercial sector and increased fishing effort for the recreational sector, that's what the entire focus of fisheries management has boiled down to as it relates to saltwater fisheries management. And that doesn't bode well for the future of saltwater stocks.