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Originally Posted by numbskull
On a more serious note, 4-6 years ago we had enough striped bass around to ensure great fishing for decades.
Where are they now. All offshore? Please.
The weather did not kill those fish.
Fishery management did.....with our help.
Blaming the weather for bad fishery management and fishermen's greed is a pathetic and destructive rationalization.
Weather did not kill the fish we had. We did (some much, much more than others).
If we had not killed those fish, weather would not be a big concern now.
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Maybe the weather would be a factor maybe it isn't - we really don't know. We DO know that increased rec pressure and increased commercial take contributed to what we are seeing. We do suspect that forage issues contribute to this. Hopefully the reg changes being bandied about for 2012 with a 40% reduction to the allowed mortality will become true and some more serious conservation can take place.