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Originally Posted by GBOUTDOORS
How is it we take the word of ONE marine bio that gives only one side of the answer and you say it is the only truth? Can it be its what you want to hear so it is right? Please give me his number so I may call him and see if he thinks any of the other marine bio from the state are all wrong or is it that this like all other topics may have many right answers. By the way Bob I see you are from the Plumb Island area stop by the Div. of Marine Fisheries station and say hi to my son he is the Marine Bio working there now.
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GBOUTDOORS - Not trying to stir it up, but I for one am not taking the word of one single Biologist in my opinion of this, but I would certainly think that the head of the Recreational and Anadromous Fisheries department would know his stuff. I don't have access to the fisheries journals anymore - but there is literature out there that addresses this issue.
Just got off the phone with a buddy of mine that has a PhD in Fisheries Biology and teaches marine biology at a University down south and has worked with bluefish, stripers, etc. and he confirmed that the bigger individuals produce not only more eggs, but better quality eggs. While not directly related to stripers - he did mention an article off the top of his head by Steve Berkley in Fisheries magazine that did a good job of the subject of larger individuals producing better quality eggs.
This is why they have slot limits for a number of species - not just for stripers. The larger older individuals can devote more resources into egg production and produce more and in general better eggs.
Ask your son - I am sure he would tell you the same thing. I have taken the marine biology classes, the population dynamics classes, etc. that your son most likely has, and I would doubt that he would come to a different conclusion than what was expressed by the Biologist that Bob received a reply from.