[Saba Slayer]

"I figured the Seabass plan was working until that recent report."

I've been getting the feeling that it wasn't working the last couple of years of meetings and the return numbers were just too poor as they were presented.. but I'm no scientist and I'm still learning about all the science and politics involved...so I'm just glad they finally did an outside scientific review of the program.
There are so many factors involved with the sampling...10 years ago they stopped sampling with gill nets above Palos Verdes due to budget cuts...when United Anglers went down the incentives that they were offering for returned sea bass heads was shut off, the number of heads turned in has declined greatly...and what incentive do the commercials have to turn in heads...?
The lack of effort in fishing for WSB when all those Yellows were around locally for a couple of years effected the number of fish caught as did the lack of squid beds locally. The warm water seemed to chase em up north where the numbers were better the last few years.
Anyway...too many factors to just nail it down easily...