A New Revolution

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l of catch and release.
I can’t say that “catch and release” is the only thing that is helping the fish populations, because there are a numerous amount of other factors that are on their side. Each state has limitations on every fish caught and they vary from their length or the number of fish that they allowed to keep, it is helping the swimming beasts survive. For instance, when Texas went through the “Freeze” in 1984 millions of black drum and redfish where killed and washed up on shore. To try and counteract this catastrophe The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department put a 3 fish limit on redfish and a 10 fish limit on drum. “That’s not the only thing they did. The 3 fish that The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department allowed people to keep have to be bigger then 20 inches but no larger than 28 inches, unless you have a redfish tag, which entitles you to one fish over 28 inches per license year . “ (Jefferson 51). Also, commercial fishermen only have an allotted time to fish during each year. Shrimpers can only shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico from July 16 through May 14 and may only possess 15 pounds of shrimp...