It's a terrible shame the with all the money given to the government agencies they still get this stuff wrong!!! The only so called success story they have is the return of the striper. Now they are treating that. The commercial ban in our area on stripers certainly has increased the population until this past year fishing had been great. Perhaps commercial bans on other species and increased habitat would do the job. In fact I'm sure of it. I don't want to put the commercial guys out f business but you know you have to call a spade a spade. They are certainly killing a lot more fish other than their targeted species and destroying habitat the holds fish when they bang the hell out of the bottom. If something isn't done properly , both the rec anglers and the commercial guys will have no fish to catch. I don't have any answers except for doing my part and C&R when it's possible. Good luck to all and practice conservation when possible. I just love to fish. I spent a few years over seas on the Island of Crete when I was in the USAF and I have seen the effect of over fishing first hand. The beautiful waters of the med were pretty much void of fish
