I'm pretty sure that's not correct. How can you say any of the Tunas or Mahi don't have commercial value? Or swordfish? I'm sure there are many others. They all have commercial value now, why would that change?

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Posted by Artie Rome

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Member since Jul 2014

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Posted on 8/28/14 at 7:51 am to DownSouthDave

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Most pelagic fish are of nay commercial interest other than maybe spanish mackeral.

I'm pretty sure that's not correct. How can you say any of the Tunas or Mahi don't have commercial value? Or swordfish? I'm sure their are many others. They all have commercial value now, why would that change?

Yeah, I'm not sure what he is talking about. The commercial market for pelagics is huge.

This whole thing is a cluster. They need to get snapper out from under the Magnuson act, but the government is not about relinquishing power over anything so it will never happen.

I will tell you this, if I catch big reds while Mangrove fishing, they will not be thrown back.

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Posted by redneck

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Posted on 8/28/14 at 8:07 am to DownSouthDave

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I'm pretty sure that's not correct. How can you say any of the Tunas or Mahi don't have commercial value? Or swordfish? I'm sure their are many others. They all have commercial value now, why would that change?

I'm going to assume he means taken from the Gulf of Mexico. I have absolutely no stats to back this up but I wouldn't think too much commercial pelagic fishing is done in the Gulf due to the distance having to be traveled compared to the Atlantic. We have seen a couple long liners out there but I don't recall ever seeing any other commercial vessels in blue water

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