Commentary: It’s time for Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission to provide more protection for brook trout

Once again, Ben Moyer, in a recent column, provided an excellent perspective on the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission’s recent proposal to make brown trout catch-and-release in the state’s 12 stocked Class A wild trout sections.
The most important component of this proposed regulation is the message it sends anglers – a point Moyer noted as well. Angling regulations have an impact beyond what can be learned by fish population studies. They inform the angling public which species, or versions of species, in this case, are most important.

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