Closure of Striped Bass fishing in sections of NC

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Originally Posted by MakoMike

I hope you're wrong. The population (biomass) is no where near as bad as it was just before the moratorium years. If the managers make the right decisions the stock will recover. We'll know more after the May ASMFC meeting.

I agree with you Mike but, as you said, if the fisheries mgmt. folks don't pull there heads out of there asses, we will see more decline in the population. I don't think the carnage that we saw at the Canal and the SW Ledge is sustainable.