Or get rid of recreational fishing and watch the fisheries recover immediately. You see one sector is highly regulated and monitored the other isnt.Get rid of commercial fishing like commercial hunting and watch the fish flourish.
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FWC Restricting Gag Grouper season
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exactly
RedHills
Self Banned after losing a Noles bet.
Please explain that...
Explain what? Commercial fishermen have vms on board gave to report every fish caught before leaving a spot, have to report departure and return. Are met at the dock for weighin and tissue sampling from harvested fishes. The quota is constantly monitored and updated as well as closing or reductuon in trip limits when 75% of quota is reached. The recreational sector has less than .5% of participants even stop to check fpr lincenses and safety gear.
RedHills
Self Banned after losing a Noles bet.
So the correct statement would be one sector is highly monitored? Is it your contention the recreational sector is unregulated as well?
Largely the recreational sector is unchecked. Now plenty of us play by the rules even if we dont agree with them. That said the number of violations in the recreational sector is completely staggering and thats just the ones that get caught. I personally believe there should be no federal management of state resources. Each state should be in charge of its own fisheries and wildlife. (I know thats off topic)
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yes they will, plenty of gags in state waters from Sept on...
plenty now, my neighbor freedives in 10' or less several days per week and gets his two or ten (depends on how ballsy he feels all summer.
plenty now, my neighbor freedives in 10' or less several days per week and gets his two or ten (depends on how ballsy he feels all summer.
asc
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he's purely recreational and that's why y'all are getting the business, too many like him.
coveyrise
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Divide and concur. That’s what the antis want. I gave up my commercial license 25 years ago when I saw the grouper stocks getting bad in the big bend. Sad that they cut the inshore season to 2 months. Should be a split season for at least 4 months. Then the next year 3 etc. Just to give 2 months at the flip of the switch is crazy. Plenty of fish in the shallows.
grouper throat
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No but IMO it hasn't been worth grouper fishing for a decade unless you stay overnight as much as they've whittled it down. There seemed to be more fish back in the day but in reality there was just way less rec competition. Today's legal gag limit was just warming up a spot to drop live bait in the late 90s. No thanks
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florida boy
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The close grouper fishery ( inside 30 miles ) has definitely declined from what i have noticed in the past 10 years out from apalachicola - carrabelle . It wasnt long ago when it wasnt uncommon to get a 5 man limit at 5 fish per person . Now we are lucky to have 4-5 per trip . We dont even start fishing now until we get to 140 ft and then head south from there .
doomtrpr_z71
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Well it looks like it's pointless as it looks like federal waters will be closed to bottom fishing due to overfishing from "discards".
asc
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that's east coast, not GOM
notnksnemor
The Great and Powerful Oz
Start harvesting Goliath's and watch ALL reef fish rebound quickly.
It's hard for me to advocate for grouper/snapper seasons when Jewfish are eating up the breeding stock.
It's hard for me to advocate for grouper/snapper seasons when Jewfish are eating up the breeding stock.
doomtrpr_z71
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For now, I wouldn't keep much faith in the FWC
