at first one striper fisherman would say (another run shut down,,,what the F*&K,,)but its good for future fishing i guess, so i guess it will be herring fly patterns this year
There are offshore boats in "federal" waters that are harvesting non endangered atlantic herring. However, the river herring are a bycatch of the atlantic herring and those boats will be exempt from selling there bycatch of river herring to the markets. These boats are probably the biggest culprits of decline of the herring. The federal limits should be extended further out.
I'm just down the street from the Herring run here in Middleboro... I'm glad to see that Middleboro is stepping up to the plate and doing something about the decline of the Herring.
"Remember Amateurs built the Ark -- Professionals built the Titanic."
There are offshore boats in "federal" waters that are harvesting non endangered atlantic herring. However, the river herring are a bycatch of the atlantic herring and those boats will be exempt from selling there bycatch of river herring to the markets. These boats are probably the biggest culprits of decline of the herring. The federal limits should be extended further out.
ive heard from a few people that the bycatch numbers are very small, like 1-3%. the two species are different and do not school together.
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