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Armand,
At one of their recent meeting the ASMFC's American eel management board passed a resolution that put bait eels and eels for human consumption on a par with each other. So we can be resonable sure that any restrictions will affect both uses equally.
Personal traps will probably also be regulated, but when I can only guess. If the ASMFC adopts an emergency action it will probably be to prohibit all possession of eels, for both personal and commercial use.
Btw- there is a hearing, ostensibly on the proposed reporting requirements for American eels catches to be held:
Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife
January 18, 2006; 6:00 PM
URI Narragansett Bay Campus
Corless Auditorium, South Ferry Road
Narragansett, Rhode Island
Contact: Michelle Burnett at 401/423-1946
I would be willing to wager that, even if I can't make it, the discussion will go a lot further than the proposed reporting requirements.
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