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Originally Posted by reason162
This is so wrong it's laughable. You don't sample "where the fish are," you sample physical sites - and you repeatedly sample multiple sites over multiple years. Dipping your net where the fish are each year tells you nothing about how the population is trending over time.
Keep in mind that YoY and landings (among others) also factor into the models, so when multiple sources of population density agree, it's further evidence that the modeling is sound.
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BWAHAHAHA- Imagine that - the BS sampling where there are never any fish and the commercial landings match. In other words, keep on with the junk science so commercial cashes in and party boats disappear.
