MSBA Call to Action-Save South Cape Fishing

[JohnR]

Patrick et al, recommendations from OutaStaters? Even though I payed taxes in the Commywealth for years I am no longer a rezident

[LeCounts1099]

What John R said... Do our out- of- Staters opinions count even slightly to these pro- Comm. non- elected "decision- makers?"

Would it help if I told them how much of my large rec. fishing travel & leisure budget used to be spent on- Cape, vs. in recent years?

Keep Commercials removing the squid & herring & pogys (and killing Bass in by- catch up there!) close to shore in that all- important zone... & allowing seals & dogfish to overpopulate & thrive... and we NY & NJ'ers will keep our disposable Rec. fishing $ in- State down here: where the bulk of the bait & Bass stayed without much reason to continue North past Block to Mishuam!

[Mr. Sandman]

The squid situation is not that good that they should be pounding them to death. I know they only live a short while ( a 18mo or so) but let them spawn before you rape the resource. Keep them off the 3 mile limit for gods sake, they will be dragging the harbors! I hope you comm R&R'ers see the greed here. Bunker boats, squid boats...taking every last bait if possible.


related topic:
This month in National Geographic there is a cover story about saving the fish world wide and look at the impact of comm fishing on a number of species. After reading that, and seeing the damaged done to the cod in the Grand Banks and tuna in the med...I have little hope.

Commerical tuna fishing today is taking more then 4X the sustainable rate in the med. They believe they took so many tuna out of the sea last year that the fishery can't recover.

There are more then 2X the number of comm fishing boats world wide required to fish the sustainable limits.

It looks really bad. They will be taking every last fish, no question.

Funny, they didn't mention the rec fishing as a problem...hmmmm.

[chief10]

patrick Thanks! emails sent.

[quick decision]

Could someone post a link so it will make it easier to send the email? I would but dont know how.

[Back Beach]

Maybe I'm slightly aloof, but it looks like a fairly non threatening issue here. They are allowing the fleet to fish an extra seven or eight days in one locale. The total landing quota, which is a coast wide quota, hasn’t changed. There is no guarantee of there being any more or less squid in the sound during the time period in question. Actually, it’s the end of the run for the most part. Check the commercial landings on DMF, and you will see that the mass landings are only a fraction of RI landings. Mass has landed about 1/8 of the RI landings year to date. Can't say the ratio will be the same at season's end, but it seems like a moot point to bitch over a week's additional fishing in one locale if there is a coast wide quota in place. The real issue is the sustainability of the coast wide number, for which I can't produce an informed argument for or against.I would direct my aggression there if the data suggested a problem with the stock numbers.Bycatch is always bad, regardless of where or when. However, it is tough to make an argument that the bycatch will go way over the normal "allowances" on account of this extension.