POGIES CLOSED

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by clambelly

just a question based on this statement...

are the commercial seiners selling ALL of their catch to the local bait stores to be used as bait for either fishing or lobstering??

if so, why then are recreationals allowed to continue to snag them and use them as bait if the commercials are now banned from taking them? i don't get that logic. if the reason for the closure is to PROTECT the species, why oh why are people still snagging them and using them for bait?

i guess it's just one of the those double standards. either that or you think just by snagging a few you're not really putting a dent in the population. but then you see that net and it makes you sick. well, they all end up in the same place, on the end of someone's line hunting for striped bass...

no different than for other fish. Commercial and recreational are not always open at the same time. Most species the season is driven by dates. For pogies, there is a limit on the amount that the draggers can take, the estimate is they have reached that limit so now it is closed.