Releasing fish with Baratrauma

[hammer4reel]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

A lot of questions to be answered which might make me think otherwise because often times the devil is in the details and what seems to be logical in theory is not in practice.

- Who is responsible for purchasing the device...The boat owner, private or for hire or the individual angler or does there just have to be one on the boat?

- Same question above except for who's responsible for making sure the device is used and is it mandatory to use on every fish and any species that's released or only the ones showing signs of decompression?

- Who makes the final decision to implement this? Some committee in the sky who can make a unilateral decision or will this be discussed and decided by the public in a state or region.

It’s already written into law in other states .
Every boat is required to have and use it to release every fish not kept caught from waters deep enough for compression .

Marine fisheries should be mandating their use to protect the fisheries .

A venting tool is 10-25 bucks
The investment isn’t in the tool , it’s in actually using it

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[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by hammer4reel

It’s already written into law in other states .
Every boat is required to have and use it to release every fish not kept caught from waters deep enough for compression .

Marine fisheries should be mandating their use to protect the fisheries .

A venting tool is 10-25 bucks
The investment isn’t in the tool , it’s in actually using it

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Thanks for that Dan. I'm starting to come around here. You and me are usually on opposite ends of things but I always appreciate our discussions and your point of view. Although yours might differ from mine, we can still talk about them and keep it respectful.

[Broad Bill]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

A lot of questions to be answered which might make me think otherwise because often times the devil is in the details and what seems to be logical in theory is not in practice.

- Who is responsible for purchasing the device...The boat owner, private or for hire or the individual angler or does there just have to be one on the boat?

- Same question above except for who's responsible for making sure the device is used and is it mandatory to use on every fish and any species that's released or only the ones showing signs of decompression?

- Who makes the final decision to implement this? Some committee in the sky who can make a unilateral decision or will this be discussed and decided by the public in a state or region.

Spoken like a bureaucrat. Don't over complicate it. Start somewhere and make changes when needed. As Dan mentioned, there's states that already have this in place so use best practices and follow their lead. Or we can do what ASMFC, MAFMC and NMFS do which is overthink and overcomplicate matters, what if it to death and simply kick the can down the road to the point where nothing is done.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Tom - If your "spoken like a bureaucrat" remark was directed at me, I take offense to that and you might want to retract your statement since I feel it's a personal attack on my character...

Opinions are always welcome here but personal character attacks are not