Please Bob, you know the answer to that. You have been involved in this long enough to know that it is a specific amount of pounds that must be accounted for to the pound. Every vessel must call in, have certified scales, etc. etc. Once the pounds are caught it is done or when 1/1/11 comes it is done regardless of how many pounds were caught.
You know from past experience that when we have tried to do things differently with regulations enforcement is always a major stumbling block.
In this case, exactly how are they supposed to enforce potentially thousands of boats catching these pounds? You cannot do it like MRFSS does the recreational harvest, this is commercial and recreational pounds and must be calculated to the pound.
Yawn, another conspiracy theory that have been around for a decade and yet has NEVER come true. A) you do not have to buy it, B) it will simply be caught commercially as it has been for the past decade, C) the idea of catch shares was around long before the RSA program.
Nice try, but not even close.
Yeah Bob, I was there too remember? I was in Philly when they first instituted the 10 fish bluefish limit and have been going ever since.
If the gov't could get $$ they certainly would. Fortunately as a result of the efforts of many people over the years, they currently cannot. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. That means we keep our eyes open and stop the things from happening or change what happened.
It does not mean we stick our heads in the sand and do nothing so nothing else can happen.
If we are all so afraid of what "might" happen then sell your friggin boat and go hide in a closet somewhere. That way, you will never have to worry about someone trying to change the law so they can charge you and you won't have to fight to keep it from happening.
Tghe simple fact of the matter is this is NOT NEW. Do you think the gov't hasn't figured out over the past decade that if they could charge they would?
Do you think it just occurred to them this week?
I notice you did not comment on the fact about the slot limit study done on your very boat (and which you received money for by the way) and the other studies that were bought and paid for with RSA $$.
See, if we leave the benefits and science out of it then it sounds scarier
