Here are a couple of reasons why it won't do anything.

1. Remove one gillnet, and the same amount of fish are caught, just by fewer gillnetters. If it came with a reduced quota for the commercial sector than that would have some attraction to the recreational side, but since the same amount of fish end up in totes either way it's hard to feel any need to pony up any money to do that.

2. The licenses aren't 'retired' if someone else buys them. As noted in #1, it doesn't change the quota...plus, if someone doesn't use the license and fails to fish it, then it goes back on the market for someone who will. Limited entry commercial licenses come with a requirement to make minimum landings or you lose it.

Both of those cost recreationals/taxpayers dollars, and neither reduces the amount of fish that end up in commercial totes.

Fish on...

Todd