[rossman]

I remember reading the results of the report cards from the DFG a year or so ago. As you know you must enter a "Gear Code" on the card, and I remember that I was surprised by the high percentage of lobster taken on the conical style nets. I don't remember the exact number but it was significantly higher than 50%. I think closer to 70%. I know it surprised me at the time.

HOWEVER...... I don't think this tells an accurate story. This data does not give visibility into what percentage of fishermen use the conical style nets vs. the flat nets. And as you may or may not know, if you are fishing with 2 flat nets and 2 conical nets, you are suppose to make 2 entries on the report card for each night, and keep track of the number of bugs caught in each style. So who does that? Just another example of this state trying to make decisions for us using totally flawed data.