|
It should also be said the bill proposes reducing recreational limits to one a day and imposing a slot. This is an extremely contentious issue it makes friends turn on each other. But everyone in their heart of hearts has to see the fishery is being destroyed and history is repeating itself. When the commercial fishery was re opened the asmfc used striped bass as a poster child of fisheries management. Then the rec limits were loosened. It is sad to see a species that will be brought to the brink twice in less than 30 years. A species that was once so abundant it was used as fertilizer. People talk about weather patterns, fish moving off shore, lack of forage, meanwhile we continue as if nothing were happening. The only piece of this puzzle we have any sort of control over is our selves. We as fishermen are the control in this study. Regardless of what happens around us we can only control What we do. We can't even do that.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
|