Managing recreational fishing in the USA

[Andrew_P]

I came across this article on a US website and found it very interesting. US west coast fishing regs

it shows how complex and restricted US recreational fisheries are for only one type of fishing, for what many of us would consider non-target species (rockfish = various types of scorpionfish and cod). 
imagine dropping the tinny in to wet a line when it’s closed from the shore out to the 50fathom line!

I’m not sure what is driving stock reductions but population must be a major influence. Also shows how good we have it over here!

[Andrew_P]

Just checked the US east coast red snapper season regs and they are far more severe. The 2023 “season” was 2 days! July 14 and 15! Plus every fisher is required to register their catch via a survey and have a release weight on board.