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08-15-2005, 08:26 AM
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Location: vt
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Here is more than you ever wanted to know about eels.
I found nothing about a ban, but a reduction in the daily limit is mentioned in the asmfc minutes.
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/zone/underw...anguille_e.htm
http://www.asmfc.org/meetings/februa...RICANEELBD.pdf |
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08-15-2005, 08:28 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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those monster eels are good for something  |
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08-15-2005, 08:44 AM
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fishing the pacific
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Port Townsend, WA
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I will throw my $0.02 in, even though no one asked..... 
Most people I have met through here and through MSBA are true sportsman, who take pride in being sportsman. That said, I then believe that most people will obey the laws.
True sportsman do not break the law in search of their quarry. This is a very slipperly slope. Eels are very likely the best bait when going after cows. But who can deny the effectiveness of herring in the spring - or when using macks when the are around. And I hazzard to guess most people here do not violate the herring run rules. Same would hold true with Macks.
I would certainly miss eels, but I wouldn't violate laws to catch stripers. I guess catching fish doesn't mean enough to me to violate laws. Catching fish is also less important than my pride, and my pride in being a sportsman.
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Keep lines wet and tight in the pacific
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08-15-2005, 09:00 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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in RI the porgy size limit is something like 9 inches.... i dont know one person who obeys that law.
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08-15-2005, 10:37 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Lincoln, RI
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Originally Posted by Eben
in RI the porgy size limit is something like 9 inches.... i dont know one person who obeys that law.
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It's 10.5 inches. Geez, I guess the jokes on me, I thought the laws mattered. |
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Roger
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08-15-2005, 11:27 AM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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http://www.asmfc.org/meetings/februa...RICANEELBD.pdf
This is the minutes of the American eel comission. In the minutes they talk about various options for the future including, changing the daily possesion limit from 50 to 25, prohibiting the taking of eels in some months of the year, etc. It is all theoretical at this point and very interesting. No one seems to know the percentage used for bait or food. Some members do seem to care about the bait market, but not all.
Pete
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08-15-2005, 11:54 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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Recently most of the B&Ts in RI have been getting their eels from Canada, that's why the new Canadian rules are haviong an immediate effect. The guys I talked to last night say that there aren't many affordable domestic suppliers. The Canadians truck them down in tanker trucks, while the guys from MD truck them in totes and they say that the ones shipped in water arrive in better condition and last longer. None of this has anything to do with the ASMFC or any proposals they might come up concerning the eels.
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