[clambo]

I remember a few years back when the fisheries management people were going crazy over how few stripers were around and put restrictions on the catch limits. At the same time I saw photos of striper schools offshore taken from a plane that were so large one couldn't even estimate the number of fish! They were on ocean herring and chowing down! I believe that the solution to the striper issue is to change the way the commercial and rec catch is administered. If they changed it to weight for commercial instead of number of fish. Take the last 5 years catch weight and get an average, stop fishing for large fish. Allow us to keep 18 in. fish to 28in. fish, No tacking fish over 28 in. for anyone! In a short time there would be so many fish for everyone. Leave the breeders in the water and nature will solve the problem. Also WDMSO what logical reason would taking a license from someone who pays for a license and does not fish make? They put money into state coffers and have 0% impact the species! If those people and their revenue disappear who do you think the state would assess to replace the lost revenue, I think it would be us!