I think I came to an AHA moment the other day.

The way the hearings are structured/scheduled to separate the fresh vs salt and the rec vs comm fisheries into multiple distinct hearings makes it extremely difficult to have a persuasive argument in just one hearing alone.

WHY?

Because the fisheries are inextricably linked in the harvest model to achieve the conservation objectives. Since it's a fully allocated zero-sum game, to give anything to one sector at this point means taking something away from the other. Changes simply can't be made in isolation.

"Oh wait.... that's a DIFFERENT hearing. Sorry, can't help you."

OK... maybe I'm just getting old and jaded.
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