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Originally Posted by fishwater
Head cca guy said there was definite data from Mississippi but could not say where is was published.
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The triple tail data from Mississippi has not been published or peer reviewed, thus it was only hear-say from the CCA rep who represented it to LWC. And the data on triple tail was life history data from Mississippi waters. There were no life history data or stock assessments from Louisiana waters at all.
We wrote to LWC pointing out that there is available data on triple tail in Louisiana waters (collected by NOAA and other federal groups) and asking them whether the stock data from Louisiana supported imposing the limits. We received no response, and by all appearances, the data from Louisiana waters was not considered.
This is a great example of CCA claiming that their management positions have scientific support, when they do not.
Would it make sense to manage the Louisiana deer herd based on Mississippi data?