Originally Posted By: BaitDangler
With all the charter operators running 2 trips a day, their take against the quota is enormous.
Why do we share the recreational quota with this commercial industry?
WDFW classifies charters as commercial.


Really? Who actually fishes from a charter and if lucky enough is able to take home a fish? Yup, the properly licensed recreational angler.

The charter provides a service and cannot sell anything harvested off his charter boat. And he gets paid whether the recreational fisherman catches a fish or not.

So, no, a charter boat is not a commercial fishing boat.
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