Smalma - you are correct and your comment about the low hanging fruit is true. If they can kill of the easy targets, their wins will give them power against the larger targets.

Their strategy has always been emotional based. They need to make people feel guilty in order to get them to act and it works. The facts are irreverent only what you "feel" matters. When you read the "scientific" reports they say things like "may, could and might" but never anything definite like "shall or will".

One thing I can say is this. There has never been a single documented case of a dredge killing a fish, directly or indirectly...not one.