Thread: Scallops top of the south season looking grim

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Also IF the rec catch was 3 times the commercial how could the fishery be recovering as it obviously is?

+1 Clearly the REC catch is no where near what the commercial guys get...just look at how the snapper fishery is recovering in the last few years.More so the gurnard fishery, its booming out there. Even if the fishery is that good at the present time that the quoto for commercial can be increased why decrease the Rec guys limit? Image if it got reduced to say 5 snapper each, unless something was done about set lines etc it be a joke. I know many that are setting set lines and then fish by rod , theres going to be a waste of fish for sure. I would rather see the REC limit stay the same, certainly hasnt harmed the fishery in the slightest.
i be happy with a setline ban if the limit was reduced though. let them catch them with abit of effort and quite often out there getting a few on the rods isnt hard most days(not them all thou )