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It sounds good in principle but when you have more anglers that don't share our true love of the fish and the fishery it may not have much impact execpt that with our decrease in keeper fish the "allowable bycatch" kill numbers will be "allowed" ti increase.
Seeing how nothing much has changed in the kill rates of the bycatch fish (which usually are the major breeding stock) our pledge numbers may be dismissed as having little or no impact to the fishery as a whole.
Keep in mind also that if shore bound anglers are reporting a (much) less than stellar season, the commercial catches weren't impacted as much. I am not blaming the commercial guys, just to be clear!!!
I am concerned that our actions and intentions, noble as they are, will be used to further restrict the recreational angler and do nothing to address the real problems effecting the fishery as a whole.
For the record I would not be against 1 @ 34".
Just make sure EVERYONE has to follow the same rules and anyone that catches stripers, intentionally or not, has to be accountable for those catches ($$$).
If not, then it all means NOTHING.
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