07-08-2014, 09:03 PM
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"I don't have a problem with it. I wouldn't cry either way," he said. "I don't think it's going to make a big enough impact at all because out of all the guides who have licenses, there can't be but a hundred or so who actually fish full-time."
In 2013, the most recent year for which numbers are available, Louisiana had 721 licensed saltwater guides, but many of those are part-timers who will run trips for other guide services on the weekend. Others simply run a trip or two a year to be able to write off fishing expenses.
The guide industry simply isn't large and active enough to put a dent in saltwater fish stocks, Miller said.
"A busy guide is probably running 150 trips a year," he said, "so removing the amount of fish one guy catches isn't going to make that drastic of an impact."
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This is basically the only thing in the article that makes sense. The rest is typical "feel good" babble.
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