When we’re talking about limited entry we’re talking about recreational, too?
Togue: Eligibility rules for recreational harvesters are the same as for commercial harvesters. Dave E: The next agenda item is “Where do we go from here? Starting about the middle of last year, we had a discussion of three major fisheries, mussels, scallops and urchins. Once all three of them were vibrant, and now all are greatly diminished. The nine scallop assessment areas parallel the urchin areas. If you want to close areas for spawning, both fisheries would need to be closed. We want Robert Russell to come talk to us, he does the best urchin assessment in the world. He can do mapping of bottom and structure. We want to look at the areas individually and determine what they can handle. Limiting harvesters, limiting days, catch. Have mandatory reporting. Once we determine the population in this area we can determine closures, fishermen #’s. We need your advice Maurice: You don’t get a report on all the urchins they bring, they don’t report and it’s all green money in their pocket.
