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Originally Posted by livinit
Don't know if any of you have heard this, but Massachusetts is thinking of allowing certain sized vessels to purchase permits for purse seining bunker, sea herring and mackerel . . . there is actually more to it than what I just mentioned, so here's the link:
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/marin...ngs_123108.htm |
I'm unsure, but I think this is just codifying/clarifying their existing regulations and setting up rules to limit commercial gillnetting. I don't think it will change much that is presently going on. The real battle is between the politically powerful commercial herring fleet with their massive by-catch and forage removal issues and the recreational/commercial bass/cod guys. More sea herring, river herring, and less dead bass in Great South Channel is, in my mind, a bigger issue than menhaden management in Massachusetts.