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Originally Posted by Flaptail
I never thought I would say this given my romantic reminisscence of the 70's and early 80's and the dropping ooff of a lot of bass at Old Harbor fish market but:
#1, bring back the 36 inch one fish a day limit.
#2, stop the commercial sale of Striped Bass along the entire coast, you want to eat one then catch it yourslef or go hungry.
#3 In other words, it's time to realize the greater importance of this fish and it's economic impact and make it a gamefish.
#4 The menhaden fishery needs to be stopped. No harvet for commercial nees and no harvest for supply to bait shops either.
There I said it, I have come out of the Gamefish for Striped Bass closet.
Let the persecution begin.
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Flap:
We were all guilty of selling in the 70s. We also learned what that massive abuse led to. The management of the entire fishing ecosystem is out of whack. It's not only the Bass, as you pointed out, it's the bait. They are so GD intent on making fertilizer and fish oil capsules that they are completely ignoring the bigger picture.