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Originally Posted by umoa
i think its not cool that commercial fishermen take so much more, yet in the end, rec anglers also get ####ed.
so a big *flip* to commercial anglers and poachers!
it'd be cool to have a smile that shows the bird.
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You are absolutely right! The commercial guys are supported by armies of lobbyists who are busy supporting their right to rape the oceans by lining the pockets of sketchy politicos from both parties!
As for recreational fishermen, we have tried hard to be honest and play by the rules but, but we end up taking the blame for the fisheries collapse!
Legitimate sportfishing businesses will end up going belly-up and private boaters will be shut out of fertile fishing areas.
Does any of this sound like justice and democracy at its best? At this point, I would normally tell everyone who thinks that all this sucks BigTime, to write to their local state representative, but it's too late--the commercials have pounded us into oblivion(along with their friends the radical environmentalists and the PETA punks), and no matter how much you protest, the fix is in(the politician's pockets have been lined), and we--the recreational fishermen--are forced to to accept the consequences,