I too am glad they formally addressed the descender issue, but July 1st? All the yearly carnage from the ocean lingcod/Halibut will have already happened. Once the 120ft restriction is in place, it's still relevent, but dragging fish up from 500ft is an almost guaranteed floater. Boccaccio can live to 50 and Yelloweye to 120, so everyone of those many floaters every year need all the help they can get. I've been "descender guy" on the boat for years, and have even dropped a few from the fleet that hadn't been picked at yet by the albatross. Worst part about Ocean Halibut for me is the floaters I see every year. Tom