Originally Posted By: Carcassman

Recovery won't take place until all marine mixed stock fisheries are closed. Once we have moved well towards recovery the marine fisheries can be re-opened as long as they don't impede the recovery of the weakest wild stock.


Dead on correct! However, there are huge differences in productivity even between wild stocks. So even a very modest mixed-stock fishery is likely to harvest those low productivity stocks to the point where they may not be sustainable.

Not sure how to get around that issue, except to close the ocean fishery, and to leave it closed. Permanently. But how realistic is that?