Todd -
Don't think that we are communicating very well.

The point in monitoring fisheries can be two fold. One can be for in-season management decisions (determining when allocation or impacts are reached) as you suggest . The second and perhaps more important is to collect the information (encounter rates, mark ratios, stock composition etc) to improve the information for management in up coming seasons.

As many have pointed out in the past fisheries management in this state can be improved (how is that for an understatement). Doing so involves admitting that past mistakes have been made (largely done) and then trying to improve upon past management. In part success in that effort depends upon improving the information used in management. Anglers can decide on whether to be an active particpant or an obstacle in that process.

Tight lines
Smalma