ASMFC To Take Action to reduce Striped Bass mortality

[big jay]

Maybe your fishing sucks up in Maine because you implemented that asinine "management plan" that targets sexually immature fish.
*and as a bonus, kills the breeders too...
Maine's pre slot and post slot kill #s have been posted a million times - I really don't feel like looking up the reference, but the kills went up three fold when you guys started killing the babies.

And by the way - I'm in favor of management cuts that will adversely effect my own income. But I'm looking at long term viability and fairness to all user groups rather than what suits my own short term needs.
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[zimmy]

Originally Posted by big jay

Maybe your fishing sucks up in Maine because you implemented that asinine "management plan" that targets sexually immature fish.
*and as a bonus, kills the breeders too...
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The catch trend in Maine follows the catch trend throughout the coast. Both are down about 50% from 2008-2012. How many of those Maine fish leave and get hammered on the trip back south? They aren't all Kennebunk fish and it isn't an isolated population. Even the harvest data is inconclusive. Bad yoy in the chesapeake would limit slot size fish in Maine.