For whats it worth....I was simply trying put things into perspective. When are there ever 96 boats out front on a given night. That is alot of boats, and even so the fishing pressure on that night by the recs does still not equal or is just equal to one longline set. No other argument was made, I was simply making a point, or moreso stating an opinion.
Nobody on here has ever said that we are innocent of killing any fish. Vinnie find a post and show me where anything anybody said could even be interpretted as that. As far as fish not being reported, the day Noaa or you guys shows me a picture of a fish that hasnt been reported instead of just ranting about it, what is the point of making the accusations, you are not changing the people that dont report and you are fueling their argument that we are not reporting. We have been waiting for an online system for how many years? In my opinion, the system is to blame but that just sounds like a cop out so I am just throwing it out there as my opinion. We could have that site built in a few days for less than a $1000 and offered to pay for it, but apparently they are under contract with somebody since 2002.
Vinnie, I would enjoy sitting down at the pub sometime. Maybe you will come down and bring your family to the IGFA on July 21st, fully catered drinks on me.