No, tuna are not over fished recreationally but I do not believe this is the case on the commercial side.
You will never convince me that recreational fishermen can Ever over fish a species. I have had that discussion with a professor at UL before and the Commercials can't back up any claim that recreational fishermen destroy the resources. Look at it this way; Big game fishing/hunting is a limited venue for a finite number of people. There just aren't enough people with the resources to be able the damage the species.
Shrimping by-catch has been cited for most of the red snapper mortality, how is lowering the recreational snapper limit going to address this primary issue? Reducing the limits for recreational anglers is like pouring a cup of oil in the ocean it will not make much of a difference to the resource one way or another.
The Feds need to concentrate their efforts on enforcement of existing commercial quota's and leave the rod and reel fishermen alone.
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