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I am glad I came back to this there is some excellent debate going on here.
No one group is 100 percent correct on this issue but as far as I am concerned the ASMFC will not act conservatively with the fishery. They never will it is up to us as recs or comms to police the fishery and have our voices heard.
Much like what recently happened with addendum two to the Striped Bass Management. It go put down because of overwhelming public outcry against it.
Believe me the guys that have written the bill are not yuppie jerks that just want life to be easier for them to catch fish with their fly rods. The contributors to H796 are From Woods Hole, marine biologists etc.
I am an electrician from MA I have far less of a clue on Marine Fisheries Management than many. I do know the last time we had a summer like we had this year was in the 80's Large fish being pounded off the block out off the rips in MV etc. We all know what happened then. The moratorium. When commercial fishing ended for Striped bass what happened the stocks came back in a Major way. They reopened the comm fishery and we are where we are now. Below average YOY indexes and breeders getting slaughtered.
If it were me in the Mid Atlantic Rock fish tourney and I knew there were guys dumping breeders overboard in lieu of a larger fish. I would not hesitate to report it. Remaining silent on something like that is just as bad as doing it your self. It is fisherman like that, that give us all a bad name.
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