MA proposal to close river Herring for 2006

[JohnR]

Complete closure of ALL takes by ALL groups. And sadly it may need to be for 4 to 5 years as that is the typical spawning cycle...

[striperman36]

Commercial Dragging has to stop.
With the recent JV with Eastern European countries still happening around NE
This stock will never recover, just like west coast salmon.
If they are intercepted before the get back it will never build the biomass back.
Unfortunately I do not think ASFMC ,NMFS and MFW really want to build it back up to a sustainable level.
Read Vanishing Species. Good read.

[ChrisH]

Close them down across the board for at least a five year period, so that an accurate assesment can be made.