Smalma,

I'll agree we're not communicating very well...but it's getting better as this thread ages!

I'm aware of and agree with the two different reasons for in season monitoring. I think, however, that the first is covered pretty well by this thread, and the second is not really related to this thread at all.

It's one thing to monitor catch and encounter rates to check your preseason prediction about run size and composition, but it's quite another to monitor them as in season checks on the season length or quota.

If you want to collect data, which for quota purposes is almost unusable, for the purpose of checking your preseason predictions, then I think that's a grand idea. I'm all for it, especially if it can help us to better predict what run size and composition will be.

It seems to me, though, that this thread was discussing using it for quota purposes, rather than informational purposes. In my very first post on this thread I noted that I thought the information we were talking about was used just for informational purposes, such as part two of the twofold reasons for monitoring that you noted above.

Unless I'm mistaken, we're getting closer to agreeing than not, which is a far cry from where our poor communication started on this thread

I also think this thread has about run its course

But...I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time :p

Fish on...

Todd