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One thing I find wrong with that NJ proposal is the second fish size. And the 2nd fish altogether.
NY had 1@28 and another @40 but the vast majority of fisherman who keep their catch go by 2@28 and do not even know what the law says. Some do and don't care. That's what will happen in NJ.
It seems that the scientists who calculate how equivalency comes about will say anything. We started with 1@32 and 25% commercial cut from last years take ( not LY allowance ) and that supposedly gives us 25% overall. There is no way any of the options now being floated are going to equal that number but they seem to agree with the locals that it will. Smell a few rats ?
Finding a 43" fish off the beach is skilled work and still somewhat lucky. Finding a 43" fish with a skilled charter captain, or a head boat captain...not so difficult. Too many fish of the spawning size will be killed.
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