It's ashamed how much regulation has caused the offshore fishing to decline for recreational anglers. That's what the government wanted to do in the first place. If the private boats have declined then there is no voice to oppose the regulations for private anglers. Only commercial fishermen get to do the offshore thing. But even they are getting screwed by the share holders who don't even have to fish. The just sub contract out their shares. I remember when redfish was a commercial fish and gill netting was used to harvest these fish, the blackened redfish was on every menu. Then the population started to drop. Well now that red fish can't be caught for resale commercially they have came back stronger than ever. I wish they would just band the Red Snapper for commercial catch. That would be awesome due to the length of time they need to grow. I think that a 25 lb snapper is around 15-20 years old. I might be off on the low side but they can live up to 40 years.
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