Given the adult equivalent quota we can burn through in a winter/spring BM fishery, I'd much prefer limiting that fishery, and passing that impact to summer fisheries (if that's possible); fish are bigger, are more fun to pursue up in the column, easier to get at for more people, nicer weather, more people can do it and importantly much much better table fare with lower toxin content. I'm equipped to fish either way, I'd just rather do it in August. I know some BM fans disagree but that's what I think anyways.

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