I generally use the raspberry at 2% or less.
Happy Birthday, Skeebo
I don't have a fancy picture to post but HAPPY BIRTHDAY SKEEBO!!!
Happy Birthday @Skeebo!
I believe its origins are wealthy sport fishermen that lobbied against commercial fishing, and came up with the arbitrary no October and depth of 80 ft. It's always been a battle between "sportys" and commercial fishermen, but we've always had a good relationship with them, always have our nets marked well. I believe it's one or two commercial guys who the sportys have problems with, and then as a result everyone gets punished. You're right about the economy, so many are affected.. and even the harbor we dock at 90% of the time. They rely on our fuel purchases for their revenue, and then there's fuel taxes. There's a legal battle ensuing over this, but it could take a very long time to be resolved, one way or the other. So if you're a sport fisherman, go drill a hole in your hull
I have a fever, so my brain is a bit foggier than usual.... but, you can only fish in the month you can’t fish in????
The entire season (now currently December-September) we will only be able to fish 80 ft or less, but in October is the time when the fish are that shallow. So basically these rules ruin us in being a viable fishery. Fishing 80 ft or less the rest of the time, we are going to catch nothing. We count on getting most of our quota from just one month, October, and now we can't.
Ruining a viable fishery crushes the state income from the product. There’s always a dance down here between commercial and recreational fishermen (especially with red snapper), but the state produces @ 2 billion $ of fish/seafood a year. And, we’re not putting out near what Alaska does. It just seems like they’re shooting themselves in the foot just to pacify some rich rec guys. Or, they expect it to get overturned in court so they can tell them, well... we tried. Makes no sense to me
