Not sure comments will be…

Not sure comments will be useful in such a proposal, rather there is a need to publish the primary data and research to be reviewed and if empirical data and analyses are sufficient to support a need for plans to abate negative conditions, then the catch limit might be a partial component of the solution but it certainly does not directly work for many of the identified assertions in the proposal. Only size limits will affect the biomass problems and that is not discussed. I think your research/measurements need updating and your methods need to be published along with the primary data. Strongly suggest that you publish that informaiton and delay any further movement toward proposal acceptance until that research and subsequent solutions can be examined for robust statistical significance.