new groundfish regs

[MakoMike]

But the draggers did not exceed their TAC while the recreational anglers did.

[JohnR]

Its OK, the environmentalist federal legislators (ya know, the ones that protect the environment, except when it comes to dying fishing jobs in a not yet dead fishing industry, and want clean energy, except when they can see if from the beach house) will fix it.

We're screwed. So are the fish.

[Piscator]

Originally Posted by MakoMike

But the draggers did not exceed their TAC while the recreational anglers did.

The draggers/sector boats raped Stellwagen Bank. They were let into areas they were previously restricted from. This while thing is all because of Fisheries mismanagement....
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[big jay]

Originally Posted by MakoMike

But the draggers did not exceed their TAC while the recreational anglers did.

The rec TAC was set at a ridiculously low #.

As NOAA stated in their FAQ's - rec anglers caught or encountered less than 1 haddock per person per day.

- less than 1 fish gets us shut down?

Btw Mike - I'm not coming after you here, I know you do a great job of explaining what the rules are and how they work to everyone.
I'm just b*tching about the rules themselves...
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[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by big jay

The rec TAC was set at a ridiculously low #.

As NOAA stated in their FAQ's - rec anglers caught or encountered less than 1 haddock per person per day.

- less than 1 fish gets us shut down?

Btw Mike - I'm not coming after you here, I know you do a great job of explaining what the rules are and how they work to everyone.
I'm just b*tching about the rules themselves...
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For haddock I agree, the population is at a 50 year high, so I don't understand why our sub ACL was set so low. Cod, not so much.

[jasonsnova]

Originally Posted by MakoMike

For haddock I agree, the population is at a 50 year high, so I don't understand why our sub ACL was set so low. Cod, not so much.

right on.
last 2 years on Jefferies we have caught more haddock than ever! previous to that it was 50 cod to 1 haddock, but then we would get big cod, now we get a lot of haddock(big too) and some small cod.
these new regs are screwed!
another note cod went down hill hard as soon as they started letting the draggers work all winter and hasn't been the same since. I belive the haddock are hold up in deeper water in the winter thus being the reason there stocks weren't destroyed like cod.....but what do I know I'm just a rec guy telling it like I see it