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Offshore · 01-08-2006, 05:29 PM

[QUOTE=thefishingfreak]ok,, not wanting to start a flame war here.

but anyone else think this total herring ban is gunna work?

lemmie just say a few things first.
there's no herring down south,, the cape,, etc.. right?
up north there's thousands.
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I don't know where you are getting your information from. I live mid-cape. All of our runs have some fish, but nowhere near what it was a few years ago

Connecticut has closed their runs and, I hear RI is looking to do the same. I just read where NH is in the process of closing theirs' too. Southern Maine rivers have very few fish.

As for enforcement, once a few get caught and fined and word gets out, it should deter the others. Here on the cape, various saltwater clubs have/are adopting runs and will help restore them and patrol them. In my area, the Cape Cod Salties are involved with mid-cape runs.

01-08-2006, 05:29 PM	#7
Offshore Bay & Beach Inspector iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mid-Cape Posts: 155	[QUOTE=thefishingfreak]ok,, not wanting to start a flame war here. but anyone else think this total herring ban is gunna work? lemmie just say a few things first. there's no herring down south,, the cape,, etc.. right? up north there's thousands. QUOTE] I don't know where you are getting your information from. I live mid-cape. All of our runs have some fish, but nowhere near what it was a few years ago Connecticut has closed their runs and, I hear RI is looking to do the same. I just read where NH is in the process of closing theirs' too. Southern Maine rivers have very few fish. As for enforcement, once a few get caught and fined and word gets out, it should deter the others. Here on the cape, various saltwater clubs have/are adopting runs and will help restore them and patrol them. In my area, the Cape Cod Salties are involved with mid-cape runs.