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10-27-2008, 07:55 AM
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M.S.B.A.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA
Posts: 2,795
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Monday morning calls to Governor needed
Dear MA Recreational Fisherman,
Many of you have heard about the recent large amounts of juvenile Haddock and adult Striped Bass that have been caught, killed and dumped at sea by the Mid water Trawl Fleet while targeting Sea Herring. Video of the dead and dying Striped Bass floating in the Great South Channel can be found at the following web adress:
Striped Bass Video: http://www.sportfishermen.com/board/...deo-55702.html
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As a member organization of CHOIR, a coalition of Commercial and Recreational fishing organizations whose goal is to clean up the Mid water Trawl fleet by catch issues, the MA Striped Bass Assn has been trying to get this needless waste of large amounts of Haddock, Striped Bass and River Herring ended. Unfortunately, the MA Division of Marine Fisheries continues to ignore all of our concerns and recently, after informing CHOIR representatives that DMF would support 100% observer coverage in the Mid water Trawl Fleet, reversed that position at the New England Fisheries Management Council meeting and proposed a very complicated system that would end up creating little or no increase in the current observer coverage.
To make matters worse, in a recent article on the River Herring moratorium, Paul Diodati, Director of MA DMF ignored the data found in observer coverage reports that points to a short and predictable time period when the Mid Water Trawl Fleet has by catch interactions with large amounts of River Herring off Rhode Island and claimed that Striped Bass are eating all the River Herring. In that article he made the following troubling statement: “It’s possible to change the size limit, lowering it to make them more available to folks. It could help the herring populations,” he said.
Lowering the size limit on Striped Bass will not stop the by catch of thousands of pounds of River Herring, will not stop the needless dumping of dead Striped Bass on their way to spawn in their southern waters and will not fix the current situation
Please call the Governor’s office today (Monday) morning before lunchtime and request that Governor Patrick do something about the ongoing abuse of our ocean by midwater trawl vessels, and about the failure of DMF to address it. Direct your call to Katie Joyce on Lt. Governor Murray’s staff at 888-870-7770
Thank You
MA Striped Bass Assn |
"It is impossible to complain and to achieve at the same time"--Basic Patrick (on a good day)
 
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10-27-2008, 08:35 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Playin' in the Dark
Posts: 2,407
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got an e-mail address to send comments / complaint to?
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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10-27-2008, 08:49 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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Unfortunately this is all they have for e-mail. This is for the Governors office. Its a webform
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3util...ov3_contact_us |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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10-27-2008, 08:57 AM
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M.S.B.A.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA
Posts: 2,795
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We really need calls this morning to compliment another action!!!
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"It is impossible to complain and to achieve at the same time"--Basic Patrick (on a good day)
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10-27-2008, 01:02 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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I don't think a Rhode Island call will help here - so pleeeeeze from the Mass guys  |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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10-27-2008, 01:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Chatham, MA
Posts: 424
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I didn't find out about this until just now but I sent an email
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10-27-2008, 05:34 PM
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Trophy Hunter Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: THE Other Cape
Posts: 2,508
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left a message with the LT Gov's office,
and just sent the Guvnah an email,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
HOPE this HELPS, Patrick, and thank you for apprising
us of this most egregious situation.  |
"The first condition of happiness is that the connection
between man and nature shall not be broken."~~ Leo Tolstoy
Tight Lines, and
Happy Hunting to ALL!
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10-27-2008, 05:47 PM
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Albie Addicted
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Not the 7 mile slum
Posts: 285
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Sent an email this morning. Best I could do.
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"Don't kill them for ego, don't kill them because they're legal, and don't kill them for someone else." - Doc Muller
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10-27-2008, 08:27 PM
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M.S.B.A.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA
Posts: 2,795
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thanks for the calls guys...enough for now...we supported another effort today and there will be more in the future
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"It is impossible to complain and to achieve at the same time"--Basic Patrick (on a good day)
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10-28-2008, 10:40 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Just got a call back from Murray's office, directing me to call commissioner Mary Griffin.....?????  |
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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10-28-2008, 04:27 PM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
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