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Increase in commercial quota for next year
I am just amazed at the level of stupidity being displayed by ASMFC
"on November 9th the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will vote on on the proposal to expand the coastal commercial quota for striped bass. Stripers Forever is strongly opposed to this idea on all grounds. Here are the states that voted in favor of this commercial expansion in past meetings:
North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut
The vote in favor was 10 to 6, so we need to change two votes in order for the increase to be denied - other districts and organizations have votes also. We think that several votes will change because of the terrible season that has gone by, the public comments against the idea, and the recent poor young-of-the-year survey from Chesapeake Bay, but it is very important that we take nothing for granted. Money is a powerful tool, and many of the commercial interests will be doing their best to get a bigger slice of the declining striped bass pie."
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