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scottw · 02-15-2015, 11:16 PM

from the front page or RISSA's December newsletter

"At its November meeting, RISAA’s Legislative Committee
voted to ask RISAA Board of Directiors to send a letter to the
ASMFC and to Rhode Island’s commissioners to hold fast to
the "one-fish at 28 inches" rule and insist that any
“environmental equivalency” be equal to the same one-fish
reduction level of 31% and not at the 25% level that was proposed
when other options were presented to fishermen. "

from their November Newsletter

"The coastal recreational fishery harvest will be reduced by
implementing a one fish bag limit while keeping a 28”
size limit. Under Amendment 6, states may use conservation
equivalency to develop state-specific measures that are different
than a one fish bag limit and 28” size limit for their coastal
fisheries but still achieve a 25% reduction in harvest"

• Steve Medeiros, RISAA president, reported “While not a major
win for striped bass, the ASMFC Striped Bass Management
Board yesterday took steps in the right direction.”

today,,, RISAA: Realizing that the charter boats in all coastal states will be getting two fish for their customers, the RISAA board has determined it would be unfair to RI's charter boats to be restricted to one fish per customer. This would hurt the charter industry and the RI economy. But conserving striped bass is still important.

Steve Medeiros
per RISAA Board of Directors

quite an about face....

02-15-2015, 11:16 PM	#676
scottw Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 12,632	from the front page or RISSA's December newsletter "At its November meeting, RISAA’s Legislative Committee voted to ask RISAA Board of Directiors to send a letter to the ASMFC and to Rhode Island’s commissioners to hold fast to the "one-fish at 28 inches" rule and insist that any “environmental equivalency” be equal to the same one-fish reduction level of 31% and not at the 25% level that was proposed when other options were presented to fishermen. " from their November Newsletter "The coastal recreational fishery harvest will be reduced by implementing a one fish bag limit while keeping a 28” size limit. Under Amendment 6, states may use conservation equivalency to develop state-specific measures that are different than a one fish bag limit and 28” size limit for their coastal fisheries but still achieve a 25% reduction in harvest" • Steve Medeiros, RISAA president, reported “While not a major win for striped bass, the ASMFC Striped Bass Management Board yesterday took steps in the right direction.” today,,, RISAA: Realizing that the charter boats in all coastal states will be getting two fish for their customers, the RISAA board has determined it would be unfair to RI's charter boats to be restricted to one fish per customer. This would hurt the charter industry and the RI economy. But conserving striped bass is still important. Steve Medeiros per RISAA Board of Directors quite an about face.... Last edited by scottw; 02-15-2015 at 11:33 PM..