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Subject: Bills # S.476 & Bill # H.667
Please take a moment of your time to look over these current bills being proposed in Massachusetts, by the Maine based conservation group "Stripers Forever" regarding the commercial harvest and sale of wild Atlantic striped bass from the waters of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Maine based conservation group "Stripers Forever" and it's chairmen have a repeated history of annually bringing these bills forward to the Massachusetts state house, year after year after year. Repeatedly trying to get the commercial fishery of the wild Atlantic stripped bass in Massachusetts waters closed and forever banned.
These two current bills being brought to the Massachusetts State House are done solely to push the afore mentioned conservational agenda of "Stripers Forever"!
The commercial harvest of striped bass in Massachusetts is competently managed by the Massachusetts Division Of Marine Fisheries, along with the federal agency of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
"Since the 1940's the wild Atlantic Striped Bass has been managed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. A federal collaborative of the entire east coast Atlantic states, " dedicated collectively ensure the sound conservation and management of their shared coastal fishery resources and the resulting benefits to the fishing and non-fishing public.
In the early 1940s, recognizing that they could accomplish far more through cooperation rather than individual effort, the Atlantic coast states came together to form the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. An Interstate Compact, ratified by the states and approved by the U.S. Congress in 1942, acknowledged the necessity of the states joining forces to manage their shared migratory fishery resources and affirmed the states’ commitment to cooperative stewardship in promoting and protecting Atlantic coastal fishery resources.
Who We Are:
For over 70 years, the Commission has served as a deliberative body of the Atlantic coastal states, coordinating the conservation and management of 25 near shore fish species. Each state is represented on the Commission by three Commissioners: the director of the state’s marine fisheries management agency, a state legislator, and an individual appointed by the state’s governor to represent stakeholder interests. These Commissioners participate in deliberations in the Commission’s main policy arenas: interstate fisheries management, fisheries science, habitat conservation, and law enforcement. Through these activities, the states collectively ensure the sound conservation and management of their shared coastal fishery resources and the resulting benefits to the fishing and non-fishing public.
How We Are Funded:
The Commission is funded through a combination of member state dues and state and federal grants. Annual state dues are based on the value of each state’s commercial fishing landings and number of saltwater recreational trips. The majority of the Commission’s federal funding is received through NOAA Fisheries, to implement ACFCMA, and carry out the mandates of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-659)."
Please take NO ACTION on either one of these bills and leave the management of the Wild Atlantic Striped Bass in the capable hands of the Massachusetts Division Of Marine Fisheries and The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Where is has been and should always be managed. Not from the Massachusetts State House, thru bills introduced from out of state conservational groups trying to push their agendas.
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