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clambelly · 07-06-2006, 07:43 PM

sorry, but you can't just have open season on extinction of a fish species just because they are a nusance to guys fishing for stripers. NMFS is not going to raise any quotas until the species is considered recovered. it takes a female dogfish almost 7 years to reach sexual maturity. its gonna be awhile before you see any mortality rates increased for those fish. i remember about 15 years ago when the boats were going out and filling up on 80,000 pounds of those buggers and selling them for pennies. i agree they are a pain when you are trying to catch bass, but you can't just take a species out of the ecosystem without any kind of consequences.

07-06-2006, 07:43 PM	#4
clambelly Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 210	sorry, but you can't just have open season on extinction of a fish species just because they are a nusance to guys fishing for stripers. NMFS is not going to raise any quotas until the species is considered recovered. it takes a female dogfish almost 7 years to reach sexual maturity. its gonna be awhile before you see any mortality rates increased for those fish. i remember about 15 years ago when the boats were going out and filling up on 80,000 pounds of those buggers and selling them for pennies. i agree they are a pain when you are trying to catch bass, but you can't just take a species out of the ecosystem without any kind of consequences.