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As catch shares come to the West Coast, many fishermen are relieved that the end of wasted trawl bycatch is finally in sight. Under the existing \u201ctrip limit\u201d groundfish management structure, fishermen for years have been required by regulation to shovel uncounted tons of dead fish overboard \u2013 a practice they find appalling. John Pennisi, a Monterey fisherman who will operate under the new catch shares policy after January 1st calls the shoveling of fish \u201cimmoral,\u201d and reflects on what it was like to fish under a broken regulatory system in the Monterey County Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Still, opponents have filed a lawsuit to stop the program, and in discussing their lawsuit with the media have repeatedly made unsubstantiated assertions. Brent Paine, a West Coast trawl industry leader, recently pushed back on some of those claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As catch shares come to the West Coast, many fishermen are relieved that the end of wasted trawl bycatch is finally in sight. Under the existing \u201ctrip limit\u201d groundfish management structure, fishermen for years have been required by regulation to shovel uncounted tons of dead fish overboard \u2013 a practice they find appalling. John Pennisi, a Monterey fisherman who will operate under the new catch shares policy after January 1st calls the shoveling of fish \u201cimmoral,\u201d and reflects on what it was like to fish under a broken regulatory system in the Monterey County Weekly.<\/p>\n

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