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Copy and paste below from The Massachusetts commercial striped bass chairman.
"Don’t lose sight of the fact that written into these bills is a death sentence for the fishery, an all out closure by 2025 and new rules/regs that would knock some of you out immediately based on landings. The reason this is going out again is that these bills have yet to be decided. We recently received information from the state house that the Nat Resources Committee was hearing continuously from the proponents of the bills but had heard next to nothing from those that oppose the bills (primarily fishermen and industry constituents). The bills could be voted on at any time and will likely be decided in the next six weeks or any time until then. We highly recommend that you weigh in at this time even if you have already commented in the fall.
If your legislators don’t hear from you, they will assume you do not care and may choose to advance the bills.
Striper’s Forever strategy is to wear you down and eventually push these bills through. It’s your call."
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