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posted by Carel Brest van Kempen at 4:15 PM 
Presumably, the fishery was closed down for two years because of the oil spill. If so, that is why the fish were bigger, because they had a temporary reprieve from the usual overfishing.
 
I heard this exchange on the radio. My immediate gut reaction was that, his anecdote really provided no meaningful information about the health of the fishery. While "300" something fish in eight hours might sound like a lot, without the broader perspective of what that number means in terms of long-term standing population, attrition and recruitment rates it doesn't really mean anything.

Their ability to catch so many fish in such a short interval might actually prove the point that without careful management a handful of boats could fish the population in to oblivion. This is precisely why we need management organizations with established protocols and government oversight rather than relying on some fiction of self-regulation.

After reading the transcript I also notice that he doesn't mention whether they were marking captures so they might easily have been catching the same fish over and over.

John's point that the last two years of heavy fishing restrictions might explain the apparent health of the population is also a good one.

I had a similar reaction hearing a spokesperson from the American Petroleum Institute citing increasing air-quality over the last few decades as a reason why we need to relax air-quality regulations. Rick Perry has made similar comments. Totally mind boggling.
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