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Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
"... estimated at 128 million pounds just above the SSB threshold of 127 million pounds"
You're kidding me right? There is no way in hell they know the amount of spawning stock this accurately. Remember, the same scientists that were in charge said all is OK with codfish...then, Oppps we were wrong, the fishery is a complete disaster, sorry.
SB needs to be removed from their responsibility. If anything they have proved they (by way of the previous SB stock collapse) can not manage the resource. As they were in charge and were essentially forced to shut it down.
GAMEFISH with 1 @ 36" (or a tag system, where you can take X fish per season) and strong protection of baitfish coast-wide is the only thing that will work. I have given this a lot of thought. No commercial activity on wild fish and limit rec take to X fish per season. ( where X is very conservative number) What we are doing now with all these targets and thresholds are analogous to kids playing in a sandbox. Big cutbacks across the board are needed with attn to what they eat.
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Just for accuracy, ASMFC was not managing the stock at the time of the last collapse. Making the fish a no sale fish coastwide is against the law. But any state can do it, NJ, CT and NH already have.
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