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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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