Over the 40 yr database, northern intercept fisheries and inside gill nets snarfed up about 90% of the take. CWT recoveries from inside sport catch (MA 2-2 plus inriver) amounted to only 3% of the CWT's recovered. Talk about fishing for scraps! Only 4% was left for escapement!

Over the most recent 5 year span, northern intercept fisheries and inside gill nets claimed 96% of the take. CWT recoveries from inside sport catch (MA 2-2 plus inriver) is statistically indistinguishable from zero. Escapement represented 1.3% of the total CWT recoveries.

Is it any wonder we can't get fish to the gravel?
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"Let every angler who loves to fish think what it would mean to him to find the fish were gone." (Zane Grey)

"If you don't kill them, they will spawn." (Carcassman)


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