DFW Lobster FMP meeting Aug 15th

[danjor]

Originally Posted by bubblehide

Ouch!, Jim that has teeth; and it's right on the mark!.

Very well thought out letter!

I can't believe the commercial fishermen don't have trap limits or session quotas but recreational are limited to 5 nets per person and 7 bag limit and they want to impose more limits, that is really unfair considering the immense number of commercial traps I have seen at times... last lobster session I was in Malibu and it was shocking how many traps there were, almost every rock I could meter had a trap or two and they had them laid in and around the kelp, I watched them continually motor over kelp to check there traps destroying a large area of the kelp. But while the commercial boats use countless traps left out all session we are limited of 5 nets that are only used for a short period of time while we are out on the water.
I believe the commercial fleet should get limits on traps and quotas like in almost every other fishery. And the idea of putting a quota on recreational fishermans seasonal catch to stop poaching sounds vaguely familiar to the idea of imposing more gun laws on the public to keep guns out of crimnals hands....
BTW this is not a letter just me ranting while on lunch break lol