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I have never really followed/ read / or understood the science and the data put together in these reports. I tend to base my assumptions on personal findings and those of fishermen as opposed to scientists.
That being said, i am perplexed
Not more than 15 mins before they announced they were reopening the commercial bass season, i was on the phone with a good friend of mine that is heavily involved in the stock assessment here in mass. They said that based upon their findings the stocks here in mass are scarily near collapse. Based upon their findings which they base on their test catches and licensed dealer landing reports. They said that other than the school off of chatham and a school in the bay, there is little to be found. The schools they usually have out on stellwagon were not there. The north shore was dismal. Buzzards bay/ islands were barren wastelands. They concluded that at the current rate and statua they estimate the sustainability of the stocks at maybe a year.
As for our shop down here we normally have 60k to 100k lbs of bass come in. This year 4 thousand lbs for the whole season. And a lot of those fish were sore covered
True reasonings for this and what it indicates i am not sure but it cant be good
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