What is a Catch Share?

What is a Catch Share? I have been reading and reading title after title. I really can’t sit here and say that I even know what a catch share is??

In addition I am curious to know who also can say they do not know exactly what a catch share program is…I am shocked to read that there is currently 14 Catch Share programs throughout the regions…

Catch Share is a in a sense a fancy new term that is flowing these days and I haven’t really read any article that tells me what is really is , what the pro’s and con’s are of it and what would this benefit…

Call me stupid or whatever but what is this fancy new (to me) name CATCH SHARES

Why are the fishermen in the Florida Keys up and arms over it?

What was all the hype about in California?

All I have read is a few states are against it but nothing really explaining it. I am sure I can read a document on NOAA or NMFS giving me the scientific data, what I want to hear is peoples opinions, pro’s and con’s of the program and if you are for the Catch Share program or if you are against the Catch Share program.

Please list the state you are in a sense representing so we know what area you are from. Members if you want to speak and you are a public figure and don’t want to use your normal user name, please create a new user name and make that post and make yourself count.