tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079195615780064908.post7799907395665007165..comments2023-10-15T01:26:00.057-08:00Comments on Halibut Fisheries Issues: NOAA Reduces Charter Halibut Catch in SoutheastFlatfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10332090968241710544noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079195615780064908.post-78236679034926320062009-05-23T20:05:50.799-08:002009-05-23T20:05:50.799-08:00In my humble opinion I think many Southeast charte...In my humble opinion I think many Southeast charter operators have been drinking the Kool-Aid causing their thinking to be fuzzy and irrational. When you have an expanding business and you need additional resources you make a loan and invest in the materials you need. When your business is soundly operated with smart investments and reasonable expected profit, your business does well. If you enter an industry with little invested and you bemoan what others have that you don't, because they have made wiser choices and perhaps worked harder or taken greater risks, you bring down your own capability and it may even bring down your marketshare. We are all capable of being just like Donald Trump, or Bill Gates, or George Soros, they are just people too so take an original approach and go work for it. So many in this world want the big money delivered to their petty situation without working for it and then they cry foul at every self destructive loss they suffer. Charters are businesses and I have seen so many lightly invested operations that are top-heavy with debt and excessive operating costs dependent on this four month season with overcapitalized entry, poor marketing plans, and the thinking that only their customers are the ones who should deserve a right to 2 halibut, regardless of the state of the resource, I am amazed.CaptBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249533296512485226noreply@blogger.com