Striper Stocks - Overall Bad News

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by CANAL RAT

a simple solution MAKE STRIPED BASS A GAMEFISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And this will do nothing to fix the problem. All it does is reallocate the problem. IF, IF you were to reduce pressure on the fish as a GAMEFISH you might actually have MORE fish to feed without enough forage. Im not trying to yell but to impress the importance of not counting noses of bass. It's not how many bass there are but how many bass in what age classess and how the hell are you gonna feed them as well as every other fish in the food chain - FORAGE FISH is the most important problem AND the most important item that needs to be addressed... As for allocation? I'm for both sectors losing a third...

[MakoMike]

Sandy,
All I can say is that the scientist doing the work do not have any agenda. They could care less what the results are, its up to the management board and the entire ASMFC to deal with their findings. Brad Burns OTOH does have an agenda. So i'm much more likely to believe the scientists. which one of us is right will be proved by the findings of the peer review, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[eelman]

wow all this and the striped bass is fine............... More out there than ever