You've just been appointed to the striped bass management board. You need to perform a stock evaluation because one of the board objectives is to help develop a management plan that entails setting a coast wide minimum size and bag limit after first assessing the stock levels. This plan is, of course, designed to help ensure the continued success of the fishery. Let’s hear some of your recommendations, and why you feel strongly about them. Try to present facts
, not anecdotes.
What do you recommend and why?