What are the Dec 16th MLPA results? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

GregAndrew · 12-19-2010, 08:11 PM

For the most part, the blue areas are closed to fishing for us. Unless you plan on harpooning billfish which is allowed in several of them.

I don't think that even the most avid anti-MLPA people would argue that the perimeters of the reserves would likely provide a better opportunity to catch fish than the barren sand they are leaving us in between. Their arguement is that overall fishing will be better with MPAs. And they incorrectly use the best possible example (the perimeter) of current reserves as indication of how our entire coastline will respond. Just like all their other arguments, 2 half truths do not make the truth that they want to imply.

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12-19-2010, 08:11 PM	#11
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	For the most part, the blue areas are closed to fishing for us. Unless you plan on harpooning billfish which is allowed in several of them. I don't think that even the most avid anti-MLPA people would argue that the perimeters of the reserves would likely provide a better opportunity to catch fish than the barren sand they are leaving us in between. Their arguement is that overall fishing will be better with MPAs. And they incorrectly use the best possible example (the perimeter) of current reserves as indication of how our entire coastline will respond. Just like all their other arguments, 2 half truths do not make the truth that they want to imply.