Flatts, I would personally like to thank you for all of the hard work you have done on this important subject and others.
I would also like to add this small piece wriiten by Dr. Micheal Armstrong a biologist with Mass DMF
With all the uncertainty that can occur when the
herring are in the rivers, less is known about what
happens to them when they leave in July to spend the
winter in the ocean.
Some believe trawlers looking for sea herring and
mackerel are catching the river herring incidentally
as bycatch.
"We know that in the winter that, to some degree, the
runs stick together and mix it up with the sea
herring," Mr. Armstrong said. "They certainly don't
target them, but they can pick away at them. They are
landing 300,000 pounds at a whack. So say that the
Mattapoisett River run is 100,000 fish, which is about
50,000 pounds. In theory you could catch an entire run
of fish. It could wipe them out."
Source:
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily...4/a01lo414.htm
I will do whatever I can to help our situation, let us know. Thanks Red
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