let the comm. guys fish the bouys outside the closed zone.
the zone was closed for a reason.
all of the tagging data that i have seen seems to indicate that these HIGHLY migratory fish arent as HIGHLY migratory as once thought.
if the stocks of the east coast dont travel worldwide as once thought, but stay here throughout they're lifespan, what do we need ICAAT for?
let the japs, spanish and whoever else decimate they're own stocks - we'll keep the stocks here healthy by banning LLs altogether, and allowing only comm. and rec. catches that are reasonable.
go to 50" minimum? sure - why not?
go to 1 man - 1 fish up to 3 boat limit for ALL sword catches rec. AND comm.? why not?
with limits like those, how long do you think it would take for us to be battling the granders out on the 50 again?
R