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Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski
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Reality sadly is bluefin have an insane price tag on their heads and for that reason alone, they're a money maker for the corrupt political machine, both domestic and internationally. Very complex and complicated situation, same as our domestic fisheries, only more so as it crosses international lines, governments and laws. Good news I suppose is it seems like the BFT population has improved over recent years, hopefully that's a true statement, and if so at least something appears to be working. But to think in the world we live in with fish having a much higher consumer demand than years past, commercial interests and economics I'm afraid will always be at the center of how regulations are set. Fish stocks are a gold mine for governments, politicians and corrupt business and political organizations so why share it with the recreational sector.
In 2022, NOAA estimated salt water angling alone in the US generated $138 billion in sales impacts so I'd imagine from their perspective why fix what isn't broken. Sad part is the recreational community contributes that much to the economy yet we can't manage enough funds to sue those same agencies depriving us access and our fair share of these public resources. Lot of people getting extremely wealthy at our expense, sound familiar.
