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I do not think that twice as many fish will be taken. In order for that to happen, you would need to catch a fish over 40 inches in addition to a normal 28 inch keeper. Does it happen? Yes, but not very often.
There was a poll taken at the meeting and there was strong support against the measure. I don't recall the exact numbers but it was something like 75-80% against the new proposal.
Last night it was mentioned that the DMF's stock assessments show that the striped bass stocks can sustain such a quota system.
I personally support the measure if the stocks can truely sustain it - in the long term. I don't know enough about "year classes" and such to be an authority on the matter but it was also mentioned last night that the DMF Comissioner, Paul Diodati, has always been straight when it comes to fisheries management concerns that the club brings to his attention so I'm inclined to think that the DMF wouldn't be floating this proposal if they weren't confident in the science behind it.
Mike
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