And the striped bass. Wow, they used to hunt for 50 pounders with a bow and arrow. To make a long story short, things were much different back then. After the awards ceremony, I went home that night extremely exhausted and looking forward to 4 hours of sleep before I would get up and brave the freezing cold wind to catch striped bass. Am I going to need a 40 boat to get out to offshore wrecks to get a shot at any sportfish.
Some people are greedy.
And, some, if you allow them to, will take as much as they can without a second thought. But we have management tools now. Something the fishery never had until relatively recently. When you think about it, in the grand scheme of things, conservation is in its infancy. It s only been around for a little over 20 years.