[Broad Bill]

While I agree a seat at the table gets you in the game, what a person does with that seat is what matters most. I heard that speech from Adam 7 years ago, I didn't believe it then and I don't believe it now. How many years should someone be given before their presence makes a difference, 20 years?

Patience you say, the recreational sector has been waiting patiently for over 20 years for something to break in these fisheries that would provide future benefits for the decades of sacrifices we've all made. What have those benefits been because people don't see any and they don't see any because there haven't been any.

Adam opposed regulations which would have reduced commercial harvest, why would he do that as commercial operations are at the heart of every fisheries problems. Recall the post that Massachusetts allows their commercial quota filled with primarily female breeders 36" and greater, why is that allowed as historically low recruitment is one of the primary problems threatening the stocks future.

People are tired of political rhetoric and BS and the two fisheries you're giving a member credit for fighting for the recreational sector are not only in the shitter, they're in the shitter on their watch while the recreational share of those stocks has been slashed over the years. Wait two years for more data and time to analyze that data, that's all we've been doing since MSA was adopted in 1976. Lack of data isn't the problem, ignoring the massive amounts of data already available is. Let me take you back 7 years when we met for dinner in Brielle with Jim Hutchinson Jr., Greg Hueth, Dave Arbeitman, Nick Cicero and a few other key recreational players to review the power point presentation I put together for the RFA. It was filled with data and based on massive amounts of research, and that was 7 - 8 years ago. Jim Donofrio categorized the presentation as "The best representation of the stock and data he has ever seen". So much so it was published in RFA's Making Waves in the Spring 2017 edition and subsequently in the Fisherman Magazine. Where did it go from there? Adam wouldn't touch it and ultimately others because it rocked the boat with and challenged status quo management by NMFS, ASMFC and MAFMC personal agendas, politics in other words. Corrupt political institutions don't get better with patience, they become more corrupt.

Dales529, you've said to me no less than a few dozen times, "no one says your work is wrong, they simply don't want to admit its right because by default they'd be admitting their policy decisions over the last 2-3 decades have been wrong". As Capt. Ron said, time to get the pirate flags ordered because if we're not willing to fight for our share of a public resource, we will lose these resources forever and I'm &*^%$%! tired of listening to the same BS over and over again as should everyone else.

Gerry remember when you walked up to the podium in Galloway in 2017 / 2018 and said "Enough is Enough", why almost eight years later are you praising anyone involved with the disastrous results management has delivered since. ASMFC and MAFMC should clean house as they've been completely compromised in their values and until that happens nothing will change. Recruitment has hit 50 year lows, seasonal closures are imminent so let's wait two more years before addressing the problem.......brilliant management strategy!