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Who supplies the NY lobster fleet with bait ?The same netters or do they go elsewhere
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Lobster fishermen have traditionally used herring; herring quotas took a deep hit this year (45%??)...anyways, that's why the demand for menhaden as bait has risen....its relatively cheap, plentiful (the Southern reduction fleet is what puts the pressure on menhaden)...mackeral is also used as bait...the NY lobster fleet is small (300 boats, maybe). Most of the menhaden used in NY, NJ, DL is caught off the NJ ocean front during the summer (it is amazing the amount of menhaden off the NJ shoreline-up to 10 miles offshore)...usually Ark Bait moves their operations to NJ when the Bay is fished out.