There's a lot of talk of the impacts caused by commercial fleets... don't forget the impacts us sporties have too.

I just got back from a great charter trip in Westport. Here's an estimate of the catch for the day: 25 people aboard a bottomfish charter
X 10 rockfish each
X 10 boats in the area...
-rough estimate of 2500 fish coming from the grounds a day.

Total that all summer long, and consider the target catch is a slow growing, low fecundity species...