Dave S
Active Member
What about a critically wounded not legal fish?
I see what your saying. This is the dilemma that the slot limit will create. This is why I feel that a slot limit should only be imposed if anglers are given some discretion regarding harvest of deep hooked fish/critically injured fish, and leniency regarding measurements. Hard to enforce these rules, but really, how much enforcing is really happening. I can't see many guides would be willing to break these rules for clients, and they are the primary harvesters of the recreational halibut quota I believe, so it would allow the slot to be effective in performing what it was designed for. I don't agree with these slot restrictions, just trying to problem solve how we could make it work for the current allocation we have. Currently, the proposed slot restriction is a big FAIL.
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