News from NOAA about fishing

[Saba Slayer]

The good news...
If all gets passed before the season reopens in March, we should be able to fish up to 75 fathoms/ 450'...
Cowcod and Yelloweye will still be off limits for a few more years until their stock rebuild.
Sculpin will be available all year long...and Ling Cod limits will be reduced to only one fish.

The bad news...
It seems like the commercial guys are also getting areas opened up to them for their horrible fishing practices...trawls and longlines... "Hook and line" and "traps" I can live with.
And they get increased quotas...a couple increases that are over 100%.
As Dr Lowe says...incremental increases would be better than 100% or more...!

Great stuff on the radio show this morning on the possible new regs and all kinds of rockfish and bass science info...check out the archives for some interesting listening while in traffic next time...you can always skip the adds and promo talk about their advertisers if it gets to you...