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There is no "maine stock", per se, as stripers migrate and members of a stock can be found at different points along the atlantic coast at different times of year. Fisheries managers are trying to maintain the population at healthy, sustainable levels, and if that includes a commercial quota, then it does. There are enough for everybody, which is a rare occurence for a fish species these days. The low number of stripers in Maine is due to the fact that the area is the northern part of its range, and many stripers do not travel up that far and remain in MA, RI, and CT waters in the summer and fall.
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