re: The administration's plan on Red Snapper

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Right, we should just let the commercials regulate themselves. Get the government out of everything and just let them do what they want.

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I never said that. Putting words into my mouth I see.

I think it should be regulated to keep the fishery sustainable but not with all these BS models they come up with.

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They don't need a lobby, just people placed on the right boards to carry water for them.

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They don't have any powerful lobbying groups like you think. Their supposed powerful lobbying group is non-existent.

You said it's all about recreationals vs. commercials still. News flash for you- the recreationals won out 15-20 years ago. Commercials can hardly fish anything now. They took away redfish and speckle trout. Two of the most abundant fish in Louisiana and even in the country. Commercials have so many laws now today that they can barely fish anything and the fisherman left are dying out. They attacked the tuna industry years ago and took away live bait and regulated other things. The tuna longline fleet is down from about 250 boats in the early 90's to about 25 today. The commercial industry has been in shambles for 10+ years. Instead of complaining about the commercials for no fish maybe you should learn to fish better.

There are tons of red snapper out there off of Louisiana's shores but the FEDS are using some BS model to set limits.

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weren't you the guy shilling for restaurants and commercials a while back?

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Not sure what you are talking about but I grew up in the commercial industry and saw what happened first hand. The reason the commercials got beat was they couldn't organize or agree on anything amongst each other and they faced a huge recreational lobbying group that had more political power than them in this corrupt state. My parents spent over $150,000 fighting some of these laws 20 years ago and had some of the state's top biologists on the commercial's side also. Biologists who thought tighter regulations should be considered instead of outright bans.

By the way, I am now only recreational fisherman (inshore saltwater and offshore saltwater) and have always been one actually. I am able to see both sides and not just one side.