Bad News - it's official

[JohnR]

Just when we hoped for a little better:

4) For the striped bass recreational fishery, a 2 fish daily possession limit for the recreational striped bass fishery was approved (minimum size to remain at 28”). The decision to allow two fish at the 28” minimum size versus a slot limit was made as:

· this measure meets the resource conservation objectives of Amendment 6;

· most of the fish composing the “second fish harvest” would fall below 40 inches where most population abundance resides,

· it will be simpler to enforce and for anglers to comply with;

· and finally, it would be consistent with regulations in most other states.

So much for responsible management of a species . At least we could have lived with a second fish over 40". Now every backwinder can talk himself into keeping TWO 27 inch fish when he convinces himself they are really 28