If I remeber right, the Atlantic Star used to spend a week or two off Gloucster & the Cape to get all it could and then move on ubtil it got the boot but the biggest impact would be made by NJ shutting them down...
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small scale purse seiners still work in upper narragansett bay and mount hope bay in the spring time i thought...
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There was a deal between Arc Bait and some Rec representation that limited access. It was questionable because some people determined that it was not an effective closure (I don't have all the details) with areas "closed off" not areas that were practical producing areas in the first place.
There is still small scale bunker boats around New England but they're just that, small...
Now, imagine if we could all get together and get them out beyond 12 miles? Or with a major limit their total take. Under the best circumstances, it would still take years for those stocks to rebuild to proper maintainable levels...