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11-05-2013, 07:32 AM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
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^^^^^^^ x2
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11-05-2013, 08:13 AM
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I think most people will agree the stock has been declining in recent years, and something needs to be done. I'm guessing they lower the number to 1 per day or raise the length to maybe 30". Hopefully,
they will take action in time to prevent things from getting to where they were 30 years ago. I remember in '90, we never even thought about fishing for them, there were so few; we caught one or two all
summer trolling for bluefish near Cuttyhunk, and thought they were a curiosity "Hey look, wow, it's a striped bass!". Don't want us to go back to those days.
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11-05-2013, 09:20 AM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
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BP, thank you for attending and for posting this....
I might have read this wrong, but they're not implementing the new regulations until 2015?  |
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11-05-2013, 10:51 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bart
BP, thank you for attending and for posting this....
I might have read this wrong, but they're not implementing the new regulations until 2015? |
That's correct. It'll take them that long to jump through all the bureaucratic hoops they have to pass through.
But note that is not to say that any individual state can't take immediate action. |
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11-05-2013, 10:58 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hq2
I think most people will agree the stock has been declining in recent years, and something needs to be done. I'm guessing they lower the number to 1 per day or raise the length to maybe 30". Hopefully,
they will take action in time to prevent things from getting to where they were 30 years ago. I remember in '90, we never even thought about fishing for them, there were so few; we caught one or two all
summer trolling for bluefish near Cuttyhunk, and thought they were a curiosity "Hey look, wow, it's a striped bass!". Don't want us to go back to those days.
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It appears, based on what was said at the meeting, that reducing the bag limit to one fish per day will not be enough to meet the new fishing mortality target. I would expect either a seasonal closure or an increase in the size limit in addition to a one fish per day creel limit. |
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