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Interesting FACTS from 2002 (the most recent I could find). Check out how bad us recs mangle our catch!! Yikes!
During 2002, the commercial fishery for striped bass in Massachusetts harvested about 44,897 fish weighing 924,870 pounds.
Total losses due to commercial harvesting (including release mortality) were 54,128 fish weighing 1,011,283 pounds.
The recreational fishery harvested about 309,582 striped bass weighing over 4.3 million pounds.
Total losses due to recreational fishing (including release mortality) were 767,114 fish weighing 8.2 million pounds.
The majority of losses, 93% by number and 89% by weight, was attributed to the recreational fishery.
Above taken from 2002 Massachusetts Striped Bass Monitoring Report (Nelson 2003).
I am not in support of gamefish status.
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