Sorta like the tournament largemouth bass fishermen......tossing fish as they caught a bigger one.......called high grading........seen this in offshore sportfishing tournments too.....but hey.....thats sportfishing.......

When your taking the time to write to the NC regulators you may want to take the time to also write to the Mass regulators. The Mass commercial quota is much larger then NC and the Northeast trawlers and draggers are also killing fish and throwing them overboard. There not culling their just throwing them over because they can't keep any. Then there is that license to steal Mass calls a commercial license that many recreational fisherman use to get around the two fish limit.

Not trying to be a jerk. Just that we need to take a good look at what is happening up here in our own back yard. Sure what is happening down in NC is a disgrace but things up here aren't much better.

It's a start, keep up the pressure.
Massive fish kill prompts changes in commercial fishing in North Carolina - WTKR

December 21st 2012.

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Thannks Mike that was my whole point.. But got lost defending my heritage...

This is an email that I got today regarding NC.

I am writing in response to your e-mail regarding your concerns about North Carolina’s striped bass fishery.

On Jan. 21, the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries implemented regulatory changes to address discards of striped bass in the commercial trawl fishery. The division replaced the previous 50-fish-per-day commercial trip limit with a 2,000-pound-per-day trip limit.

To avoid regulatory discards, the new regulations allow commercial trawl fishermen to transfer trip limits to other fishing vessels that hold a striped bass ocean fishing permit for the commercial trawl fishery. This way, all the fish will be landed and count against the commercial quota.

Thank you for your interest in North Carolina’s marine fisheries.

Sincerely,
Patricia Smith