Originally Posted By: SBD
Been a big fan of 100% retention for trawlers for years. Everything counted, processed, used for fishmeal or donated, its been done in the North Sea for Years. Skipper hits his bycatch cap before he reaches his allocations he gets to paint boat for the rest of the year.


Great plan. When the habitat no longer sustains harvestable levels of many species of commercial catch, what will do, besides shrug your shoulders.