I recently sat down with Louie Zimm with the Federal Pacific Fisheries Management Council. We discussed quite a bit about how the pacific rockfish stocks are managed. We also talked about the new California Rockfish Regulations.
In this video we discussed:
- How rockfish are monitored for the purpose of maintaining stocks and setting regulations
- How are quillback affecting California's rockfish regulations
- What is the intent of the descending device and how will CA be enforcing it
- How the regulations come into being
- How do recreational vs commercial fishermen affect rockfish take
- And much more...
After this discussion, I made this summary regarding the new 2024 California Rockfish Regulations. You can click this link to give it a watch:
• 2024 California Rockfi...