Seabass Closure

Originally Posted by courbeco

Nice to see the ling and smattering of whiting being caught.....If a whiting fishery does develop it wouldn't be long before the draggers wiped them out AGAIN!!

In the absence of regulations I couldn't agree more. Problem with the sea bass closure other than the obvious is the ripple effect it has on other stocks. With the fluke fishery where it's at, if everyone concentrates on ling how long before that fishery feels the impact especially since these fish right now are spawning and females are loaded with eggs. Years past there were any number of fish to target so the fishing pressure was spread over a much broader base. Today that's all changed.