Sea Bass Options Update and Survey

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by dales529

Hi Paul
We met many times while I was working with SSFFF and RFA NJ. Agree not enough anglers involved! Facebook is the enemy! Don't have the answer but been there done things and yet I believe the audience is result driven and no matter what group, we try but cant satisfy them all. Please keep up the fight.

I think there are many more involved than there used to be.. This is due in large part to technology more easily allowing people to get information and participate in the meetings being held online now.

More importantly, they're getting involved sooner in the process. The only time most people used to get involved was at the State level meetings after the most important decisions like quotas had already been decided.

I certainly think more should get involved and maybe since we finally got a win, people will feel they can make a difference whereas in the past they thought it was futile.

Another part of the problem we have is these fisheries management issues can be complex and even boring to some. I like to read fishing reports but I'll pass on these sorts of posts. When we type this stuff up I sometimes feel people rolling their eyes. Oh here goes Gerry, Dave, Paul or Hutch again.

I'm not going to let that deter me and in the mean time, if just a few more people get involved and informed, it's worth it.