Originally Posted By: topwater
i disagree with this decision, but let's not get to crazy with the "we must have all the info" to make any kind of decision.

too often, we continue to fish as stocks collapse and say there is not "sufficient" data to make more conservative harvest rules.

it is likely that in 20-30 years we won't be fishing much inside 4B for bottomfish regardless of whether or not it gets closed as a marine preserve.


I certainly don't see anyone here "getting crazy with the "we must have all the info" to make any kind of decision."

What I do see are people with a vested interest in both the fishery and the process by which that fishery as well as others are managed being concerned about how this particular rule change morphed from what was published for public comment to what was ultimately enacted.

This is not the first time this has occurred and just the appearance of impropriety has an adverse effect on the public's confidence in the process and, therefore, the final product.

I do not expect the decision makers to have whatever "all the data" might be but I do expect that those who make these decisions will do so based upon sufficient data and in a fully tranparent manner and be able to connect the dots for us.
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