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Old 09-11-2018, 10:20 PM
Pikebreath Pikebreath is offline
 
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Originally Posted by wind drift View Post
I think a banker would advise you that it, if your withdrawals exceed the interest on your account, the timing of withdrawals doesn’t matter. Your account will diminish. Using season closures to delay harvest, if potential harvest still exceeds supply, will fail. Season closures have been on the books for decades in Alberta. Despite that, fisheries collapsed.

I think this is a great case in point for why actual data matters. As anglers, we have lots of anecdotes, beliefs and ideas, and freely diagnose and prescribe solutions on their basis, but that might get blown out of the water when confronted by data.

I think it’s more useful for us to ask more questions than give more ‘answers’.

My $0.02.
Great analogy, wind drift,,,,

Thanks for putting the issue into proper perspective!
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