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the different options that were offered up during the public comment meetings were thought to have the same statistical probablility of achieving the sought-after reductions in fishing mortality. the option that was accepted was 1 fish at 28"- but they left the door open to all this muddling around by agreeing to let individual states select thir own "conservational equivalent"- an idea pushed largely by the delegation from NJ and Tom Fote (that states' vocal governor appointee)
now- if striped bass were managed in the same fashion as other federally-regulated species, none of this would be happening.... it would be a clear-cut decision under NMFS
as stated before- the ASMFC has got to go
then this whole dog-n-pony show would never happen
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