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CA Regulations / Re: Summary of Recreational Fishing Regulations for Federal Groundfish
« on: February 15, 2024, 11:52:17 AM »Wondering if we'll ever go back to a simple season with no depth restrictions, even if the quillback thing gets sorted.
I think it is doubtful. During our last meeting, I told CDFW staff that you need a PhD to understand the current fishing regulations. The response I got was that they were trying to allow fishing with all the restrictions, and it got more complicated.
Paul
I'm glad to see these comments here. Not so much herein but I see CDFW constantly being bashed for reg changes that restrict fishing opportunity. I've been following the regs for years and (it seems to me) what they're actually doing is trying to allow as much opportunity within the constraints of declining populations and other (federal) regulations. And they do lessen restrictions and increase bag limits as conditions change. Also seems that CDFW and the F&GC are way more receptive to fishers input than they have been at times in the past.
Kudos for your work and approach.
Hmm, I didn't see Gophers comment before I posted up this one. I still stand by what I said.