Toby wrote the following:
" the biomass of cod which is seen in the GOM on Stellwagen Bank regularly moves to the south to places like Coxes Ledge and Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island where there is a very generous bag limit of 10-fish per angler. It is rather irresponsible to have such different management of the same biomass of fish, especially when the fish to the south are targeted during their winter spawning period yet those to the north are basically closed."
So Toby is basically advocating for a one or no fish cod limit for those of us fishing south of the 42.20 line, but why? Just a beggar thy neighbor move? He knows that NOAA/NMFS manages cod as two stocks, only one of which is located north of 42.20, but still wants us more southern cod fishermen shut down? In fact, the quota for Georges Bank cod, which is what is south of the 42.20 line has been increased for 2018, but jealousy knows no bounds.
Full article at:
http://www.thefisherman.com/index.cf...9&ParentCat=19
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