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Are we also just targeting MA anglers, or are we including every Tom, #^&#^&#^&#^& and Harry up and down the eastern seacoast?
If seems that since the states below NY have different rules regarding size, limit and method of harvest, specifically pointing out regs that have been applied to us is useless.
If the commercial harvesters in the Delware and Chesapeake Bays are netting stripers, and can harvest smaller sizes, why focus on us here in MA, where we have a more stringent requirement for commercials?
Maybe if we focused more on a uniform set of regulations governing the harvest of the same fish species, and ALSO focused on the overharvest of the supporting baitfish populations, maybe just maybe we could avert another stock collapse like we had in the 80's?
OH, and isn't it funny that the reference is to the fish problem WE had, not the entire east coast?
As for keeping 1 or 2 fish, I say only take what you will definitely eat.
Unless you are feeding a very large family (hint: bucket brigade & poachers) one fish will supply meat for a few meals.
It just seems like we are looking to increase the fish stocks, but not the bait stocks. That's like trying to feed a half dozen dogs with 1 can of food.
Then there's the seal problem. Increased seal populations mean less indiginous baitfish for the bass, and with increased seal numbers, the likelihood of diseases from seals increases as well.
Looks like we've got more on our plate than just "simple" fish quotas?
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