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Originally Posted by leptar
It's not about conservation here any more.. you want to conserve the fish then make it NO-TAKE. <PERIOD>
the only thing this amendment will do is guarantee the slaughter of this species.
Think about it for a minute.. how many throwbacks have you thrown back that went belly up? I can't even tell you a number of fish i have caught in the 34-38" range that inhaled plugs, eels into the gut/gills...
So now when this passes and i catch a 38" bass that inhaled a needlefish or what ever and it is guaranteed dead i must now throw it back. All day long you can slaughter 22-24" fish on sandworm/sea clam... now it's legal...
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Son-of-A..... That's what I get for being on S-B.com while working.
I skimmed through and read the bill basically as 1 fish 26-40". Taking into consideration that females don't reach sexual maturity until they're between age 4-8, fish taken towards the latter part of that age range probably haven't bred yet.
I'd be curious what kind of "scientific research" is backing regulations like this. Or do they think that taking the commercial guys out of the picture in just one state of the 8-10 states you can find Stripers, they'll solve all the problems the stock faces?