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Article: Outdoors: Net proposal irks recreational anglers
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2009
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Stop me if you've heard this one before: Commercial fishermen
and, to a much lesser extent, sport anglers hammer a fish stock to
the brink of collapse. Federal-state regulators finally step in and
place a moratorium on all fishing. Years pass, the fish return to
relative abundance and all is right with the finny world. And then
signs emerge that this boom-and-bust cycle may begin anew. Toss a
dart at a U.S. map and there's a strong chance it'll land someplace
where this phenomenon has occurred or is occurring.
The latest issue to draw the ire of Maryland's sport fishing
community centers on a request made by a commercial fishing industry
workgroup, comprised of watermen and seafood ...
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