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BluesHarp · 12-18-2013, 08:53 PM

Forget the one good year (2011) spawning class of Chesapeake stripers!

According to the articles linked below the Chesapeake fishery leaders in Maryland plan to increase the Striper harvest next year by more than a million pounds, a 14 percent jump from 2013.

http://www.capitalgazette.com/sports...09c57d703.html

OR

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/201...rockfish-catch

I understand in Maryland you can take stripers down to 18" depending on the time of year and area of the Chesapeake.

I may be stirring that same pot again.

This all sounds like short sighted management at best or a greedy grab at the one good spawning year at worst. IMOHO

Do you think Maryland's decision was bad management or just a temporary harvest of a good year.

12-18-2013, 08:53 PM	#1
BluesHarp Jim H. iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Wakefield, RI Posts: 184	One million pound increase in Chesapeake fishery Forget the one good year (2011) spawning class of Chesapeake stripers! According to the articles linked below the Chesapeake fishery leaders in Maryland plan to increase the Striper harvest next year by more than a million pounds, a 14 percent jump from 2013. http://www.capitalgazette.com/sports...09c57d703.html OR http://articles.baltimoresun.com/201...rockfish-catch I understand in Maryland you can take stripers down to 18" depending on the time of year and area of the Chesapeake. I may be stirring that same pot again. This all sounds like short sighted management at best or a greedy grab at the one good spawning year at worst. IMOHO Do you think Maryland's decision was bad management or just a temporary harvest of a good year.
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