i've fished florida, texas, georgia and offshore for nearly 20 years and i can tell you for a fact that the fish 20 years ago were about 3 times more plentiful than today. people simply dont care about fishing and boating regulations anymore, why is this? keeping way over the limit, keeping out of season and too small/too large fish that they feel they just "couldn't pass up". it's extremely selfish and they are ruining fishing for our children forever. these idiots just cant get it in their heads that their destructive decisions truly count, or they just dont care because they're so childish they think "its not going to severely hurt my generation so who cares". look up percentages, this isn't just some hippie slander, this is a very serious matter, especially to the anglers who SHOULD BE upholding this wonderful tradition with good conservation techniques, instead, even if they let the fish go they rough it up like its a ragdoll and it probably wont live, where did the respect go?
see this is what i mean, nobody gives a %^&# about this! keep on doing what you're down, have fun now, go ahead and have an extra fish for the fryer that's 3 inches too small, or eat a pregnant sponge blue crab, but dont complain when they are all GONE