[QUOTE=thefishingfreak]ok,, not wanting to start a flame war here.
but anyone else think this total herring ban is gunna work?
lemmie just say a few things first.
there's no herring down south,, the cape,, etc.. right?
up north there's thousands.
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I don't know where you are getting your information from. I live mid-cape. All of our runs have some fish, but nowhere near what it was a few years ago
Connecticut has closed their runs and, I hear RI is looking to do the same. I just read where NH is in the process of closing theirs' too. Southern Maine rivers have very few fish.
As for enforcement, once a few get caught and fined and word gets out, it should deter the others. Here on the cape, various saltwater clubs have/are adopting runs and will help restore them and patrol them. In my area, the Cape Cod Salties are involved with mid-cape runs.
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