ASMFC To Take Action to reduce Striped Bass mortality

[Jackbass]

The only thing that will have any legal teeth is a proposed amendment to the management plan. Which will be made available for public comment. We know how wildly popular going to the input hearings is. If someone were to present 100000 signatures or e signature to the board they would take notice
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[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by Jackbass

The only thing that will have any legal teeth is a proposed amendment to the management plan. Which will be made available for public comment. We know how wildly popular going to the input hearings is. If someone were to present 100000 signatures or e signature to the board they would take notice
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Yes Comments on any proposed addendum or amendment would be noticed and be appropriate. But that would require people to actually read and understand the public information document that the board puts out. And that is an effort a lot of people refuse to make.

[Liv2Fish]

Originally Posted by MakoMike

Yes Comments on any proposed addendum or amendment would be noticed and be appropriate. But that would require people to actually read and understand the public information document that the board puts out. And that is an effort a lot of people refuse to make.

This is where all of the shop owners and anyone who makes a profit off of having the fish available to catch comes in. A flyer in every shop on the striper coast that reads"THE STRIPED BASS NEEDS YOUR HELP TO REMAIN IN EXISTENCE" If you care about the striped bass, please go to SaveTheBass.org and read. Please sign the petition and volunteer what you can.

I would volunteer to stand at the entrance to the big shows and hand out literature.

I get notes from the menhaden defenders once in a while and have signed their petition and have read all of their stuff.

[bobber]

theres information available about the the committee meetings regarding the re-authorization of Mag/Steve- google search it (I cna't cut n' paste links from work) the committees are calling for increased flexibility in using MSA for future management efforts and better consideration of the shifting economic impacts that recreational fisheries are having on fishing communities. also- there is a call for CONSERVATION to be an important consideration in the next re-authorization



now write to your congressmen and ask them to push for conservation and flexibility to be part of the next version of MSA