Sushihunter
Active Member
quote:Originally posted by fish4all
If the lodges and charters were able to use commercial quota there would be lots to go around. 68% of the publics share is being used to subsidise the commercial sports group....nice free giftquote:Originally posted by chris73
I am for 50% of the TAC as gift to the anglers and every pound the commercials want more than their 50% they need to buy from us!
This is an attitude that really p!$$e$ me off.
Just because we make a few bucks from taking the PUBLIC fishing does not make us COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN. It makes us TAXI DRIVERS.
We make our money from OPPURTUNITY and ACCESS. Without ACCESS there is no OPPURTUNITY.
BTW, 68% of the sports catch is only 8% of the Total TAC.
Here is my thinking – Give us our 2 per day / 3 possession limits, our regular season, that we have had for many years now. Estimate what that catch will be, and then divvy up the rest of the TAC between the commercial guys. If there is excess that can go to the commercials above a certain limit, then they can buy it from us at market rates and that money, 100% of it will go to figuring out how to make more Halibut. For instance, and they be farmed, or does it take too long to grow them to market size?
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