In-season reporting is the only logical way to know what is being caught. End of season reporting leaves too much to question. Proposal #248 was in front of the Board of Fisheries last March which suggested the monthly reporting requirement, perhaps online, so ADFG could manage the non-commercial harvest during the season. That idea was supported by ADFG, which stated an on-line system would be available in the future, but they didn't want to be mandated to collect the data mid-season, so they wanted a NO vote. Board member Orville Huntington said, "That sounds like a burden to the fisherman, and I don't think they should have to do that." 

Meanwhile, Huntington voted in favor of forcing commercial fishermen to report BEFORE even fishing! Talk about naive and short sighted...Go figure.