What you got?


All good ideas, except that any MPA is just a ground floor position for expansion in the mind of MPA lovers.

Its cheaper and more effective to print on every salt water license that rock fish retension in any areas is strictly prohibited.

Since I dont fish the salt, someone needs to look at rockfish bycatch while fishing for lingcod or halibut.

The depart is going to have to get more hands on experience with testing various rockfish sinker devices. I wondered if a single barbless egg hook with 4pound test line with a ball sinker/alternate (pet rock holder) to sink the fish.

The dept should test a couple fish by catching them and then putting them in a trap- like lobster trap and submerge the trap and find out if the fish will recover. Electronic release, cameras , food whatever they want to do. Hang it on a bouy for an extended test.

i am familiar with the air bladder problem. Large and Smallmouth bass can be affected the same way, when caught in deep water.