That's a gill net, not a haul seine. Haul seines have been illegal in NY since the moratorium and still are:
21) Manner of Taking. Striped bass may be taken for commercial purposes by using any of the following permitted gear types only: hook and line, pound net, trap net, gill net as specified in subdivision 40.5(e) of this Part, or as bycatch in otter trawls. Permit holders may use any of the legal gears to catch their individual allocation of striped bass. Otter trawl bycatch is limited to 21 striped bass per vessel per trip and shall be separately boxed. All other types of gear are prohibited for use in taking striped bass, including but not limited to: haul seines and spears.
Gill nets have restrictions on mesh opening width that in theory allow undersized fish to pass through, and prevent oversized fish from getting ensnared. All of the fish I saw being removed from that net appeared to be within NY's commercial slot, which tops out at 34".
NY has probably the most highly regulated commercial bass fishery in the US. The quota is about half of that of Massachusetts. A commercial license is expensive and proof that one derives the bulk of their income from fishing is required to obtain/renew one. It's a tag fishery and only a limited amount of tags are available per angler. The bass tags are grandfathed and one has to demonstrate their "historic" (ie, pre-moratorium) participation in the fishery to obtain them. The guys in the video are likely exhausting their seasonal allotment of tags in that one outing. Most of the fish I saw being untangled were alive and possibly could be released if they fell outside of the commercial slot.
There are fewer than 100 bass in that net. More bass---and bigger, breeding sized bass--were killed in the Canal on Memorial Day, as george has already pointed out.
Glass house, stones, and all that--but of course these are "evil" commercial fishermen, our mortal enemies
