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Sorry Mike, I don't just see the logic behind the rules no matter who makes them.
I don't care what ASMFC and NMFS said, it makes no sense to shut down the rec season while increasing the comm take twice after shutting down the rec fishing to essentially grab all they can.
Frankly I don't think they have a handle on the fishery either. This is an ideal case of one hand not knowing what the other is really doing. They certainly don't have any idea how many scup are being taken from the rec side...I can tell you it is not that many fish.
The State needs to manage this better. In my view there are too many people who are very disconnected with the actual fishery who are setting the rules while at the same time trying to obtain too much from a limited resource.
Why do we need 3 governmental agencies to manage this. I bet none of them have actually fished for a sucp anyway.
FWIW, I don't think I have ever caught a scup in May anyway. The season should be all year long with limits on catch.
The big unknown is how many scup were actaully caught by recs and what they "think" were caught.
If I get any response from my letter I will post. (I know of someone who wrote and phoned and the state twice and got no return feedback)
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