Originally Posted By: OncyT
Frankly, from my looks at the CWT information that we finally got, the survivals were so poor that straying wasn't an issue. It just made no sense to release them. [That's my recollection of the evolution of the net pen programs. CM or others here may have additional information.]

Thanks for the info. I get ESA listings affected the program and it makes sense having no collection abilities. But, if survivals were so poor how was the fishing sooo good? And it was good with regular boat limits, 2 fish per person back then. Was it the sheer volume of net pen production?
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