re: Pogy boats dumped 850,000 fish off Louisiana coast

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Help me understand this.

The nets are killing the fish?

Don't the boats want the fish to come on board alive? Or is it ok if they come on board dead?

And why are they dumping fish? Why would they catch fish simply to dump them back in the water?

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The nets are capturing ALL fish not just the targeted pogys. This includes a shite ton of redfish. They cannot survive the net capture and time on deck (out of water). They dump the dead fish back over. Fisherman see it all the time out on the water but it's only apparent to the general public when it all ends up on a shoreline due to a busted net.