[Gino]

I get your point Jim. Kayakers arent catching full sized Adults. There take of the pups i think is largely minimal.

Protecting the Breeders is still a Valid Arguement. When 1 end of the life stage is being whiped out completely your going to see a drastic reduction in numbers.
Common Ts have a gestation period of 9 months, just like us. Which means the probebly dont breed every year. But I'm interested to know how many pups were inside some of those 4-500lb females these boaters are taking. This is an animal that has an average of 2-4 pups a litter. The bigger the female they have a higher chance to have more (6).

But if you target those biguns after the general spawn season ends. Theres case for your arguement. Boater take of the biguns I doubt is whiping them out either.

I could name a couple kayak people though who are really abusing the thresher fishery.