Increase in commercial quota for next year

[afterhours]

.....it's a start.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by JakeF

I have word from an inside source that the ASMFC Management Board has voted in today's meeting AGAINST increasing the coastal Commercial Striped Bass Quota. Just FYI....

It is a fact. The increase in the commercial quota was voted down.

[stcroixman]

good news (for once)

[BigFish]

Except in Rhode Island and New York!

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Except in Rhode Island and New York!

but that doenst mean that RI and NY can increase the quota does it? The overall decision was a no?

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

but that doenst mean that RI and NY can increase the quota does it? The overall decision was a no?

Overall decision was NO increase. Several states voted for an increase: RI, NY, DE, NC but the majority - and thus the final ruling - was for status quo (no increase).

[BigFish]

Sooooooo.............does that mean the states that voted for the increase will not be increasing their quota????? Is it a blanket decision or by state?

[Saltheart]

Any solution that affects only coms or recs is just not smart. It will get beaten down as selfish by the opposite group. You have to include both in any solution.

To me , a reduction to 1 fish a day for recs would be fair. You can play around with the size but 1 fish a day is enough. You go fishing , you get to take one home if you catch it. That satisfies a lot of issues for recs.

Commercial also needs to give. I think its crazy that any form of fishing does not have to keep and sell anyfinfish they get as a bicatch. If you catch it in a net , it is almost 100 percent sure to die so you must find a home for it. This means a big difference in wasted dead fish and also a big difference in what's reported towards the commercial quota.

I also think there is nothing we can do about changing the way farmers a hundred miles or more fertilize , etc. Its too bad because its a major issue but these guys are farmers , not fisherman and they will not cooperate with anything that will drop the yield from their farms , especially the relatively small farms in PN where a lot of the high nutrient run off comes from.

Anyway , there are many specifics but the surest way to make sure your opinion is not taken seriously is to try to pin the blame and burden of the solution on "the other guys". Unless your idea deals with both Comms and Recs you bring discredit to your side and you are part of the problem when trying to get both sides to use the fishery responsibly.

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Sooooooo.............does that mean the states that voted for the increase will not be increasing their quota????? Is it a blanket decision or by state?

no increase