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As I understand it, Striped Bass are a migratory resource that is controlled by the Federal government through the ASMFC. Each state is granted a quota. This guy may be able to dig clams without a license, but if he wants to catch bass he has to deal with the Feds or whatever legal body they delegate to control his state's quota.
The same goes for recreational fishermen. Like it or not, we have no "right" to catch and keep striped bass. As a migratory species their utilization is by law controlled by the Federal government. If we don't like it it is Federal not State law that has to change. That isn't likely (you want NC deciding how many fish they can keep?).
Seeing schools of bass killed like that is upsetting, but the fish in that picture are only a fraction of what got killed in the canal this past memorial day.
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