I think Jumbo's letter is fine. I would encourage people to take a minute extra and personalize it a bit. All responses will count but identical responses are tallied together and in all honesty, don't carry the same weight.

If anyone needs any additional talking points I would consider including some or all of the following:

loss of genetic diversity -- catch and kill seasons tend to remove the early arriving large wild fish from the gene pool

economic impact of catch and release fisheries

3-5% hooking mortality of C and R v. the 100% mortality of C and Bonk.

Importance of repeat spawners -- up to 15% of hens are repeat spawners and these carry up to 25% of the eggs

Hope these help!

Duggan Harman
WSC Board President