....heard that not many pogies were seen today in the Mid Bay...they got them, now they start on the ones up the River.
I was talking with DEM Law Enforcement at the ramp today; We were discussing the menhaden situation/new regs, etc.....He got very defensive when I mentioned that a lot of pogies have been seined since it opened on Monday (if you do the numbers, it's probaly about a million pounds)- he said that all the new regs should work properly, that they are observing what they are doing, etc., etc.....one of the issues is that they are using the bait company spotter planes for quantifying the biomass in the Bay...sorta like the fox minding the hen house.....anyways, time will tell if the new RIDEM Plan works
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