Thank you, Agate D. Yeah, I suspected that long-lining will be regulated: Americans love regulating Americans (land of the free). I predicted that when these politicians start regulating commercial and sport, a regulation feeding frenzy would begin. Apparently it has begun...

Yet, in the article I linked to it is clear this is a global problem: the rest of the greedy, hungry world increases the chaos...

If you want an insite into what overfishing is like and how goofy and insane it gets spend some time reading up on the Atlantic cod fishery.