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Old 03-21-2017, 04:34 PM   #12
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Re: How many amberjack did you catch in the Gulf of Mexico Last Year

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Originally Posted by kmoose View Post
I did the math on last years rec TAC of 1,255,600/ by 30# avg fish weight= 41,853 total jacks. 41,853/ 2 fish per angler per year = 20,926 anglers. Did 21,000 anglers take two 30lb fish in the entire GOM from Texas to the Keys? Think about it for a second on how many boats going offshore in the entire GOM for a year targeting jacks. Did we exceed that? How does anyone know?
There are not 21,000 anglers going offshore where the amberjack live in the Gulf of Mexico. How many boats have you or anyone else seen on any given day past 60 feet of water? The people at NOAA are as good at counting fish and doing math as they are at their weather forecasts.
Here is a solution:
Move all commercial fishing out past 100 miles from shore. Abolish National Marine Fisheries Service, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, and remove all of the previous science and data. Have the scientists figure when the spawning season is for each of the species they want to protect. Close the season for both commercial and recreational during those spawning periods. The rest of the time it is open as it always has been and no need for commissions or councils or NOAA. Let FWC enforce the closed seasons and punish the violators to the fullest extent of the law.
It does not have to be complicated or expensive.
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