[surffshr]

http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/statistics/comstat/2014

 

[ncdead]

The most lucrative return on inshore species....flounder and shrimp.

 

[ncdead]

It's a shame there are no hard numbers when it comes to bycatch mortality.

 

[dirtyhandslopez]

That's a lot of fish.
It'd be nice if it was possible to see the charts in line so the cycles could be seen over the years. Anyone here computery inclined who could do that?

 

[sand flea]

I could probably write a Python script that'd pull this stuff in and graph it. And while I'm not a fan of the mortality caused by gillnets let's not pretend like we have clean hands here. We recs have done far more damage to the striper population, for instance. I'd go on another menhaden rant here but it wouldn't make a lick of difference.