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“But the poor, poor subsistence fisherman. He needs that Jersey Keeper in order to feed his family, and his neighbors…” Yeh, OxenScheize! 95% of the people fishing for BASS to put food on the table out of NEED to do so are not saving themselves any money. Not at 1 fish with a pound and a half of filet…
Make the BASE recommendation for the coast 1 size, cut back a tad on the rec TAC and the comm TAC, just 5% on each. AND don’t raise it. Implement a few programs to promote the bigger fish and make the ENTIRE commercial Bass fishery Rod & Reel ONLY!
I’m not a supporter of comm striped bass fishing but I don’t feel that a small commercial fishery for bass can’t exist. I do think that 40 per day in Mass is far too excessive.
But all that said – those numbers are VERY scary!
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