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Originally Posted by Jackbass
The commercial striped bass industry in Massachusetts is second in take only to Maryland. Eliminating the commercial market in MA and reducing the Rec take to one fish a day goes a long way in conserving the striped Bass. I am surprised this is news to everyone.
Stripers Forever is hardly an Elitist group. It is a group that is run by volunteers has and spends every dime it receives to conserve and protect the Striped Bass. To think the members of Stripers Forever are a bunch of Orvis Casting Land Rover Driving elitists is simply ignorant.
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My understanding is that eliminating the Commercial Season in MA will only allow for that tonnage of fish to be distributed to other states. Where exactly is the net gain for the Striped Bass?
Selfishly, it will be nice not to have Comms cherry-picking the biggest fish around and being without the ones you sometimes encounter that act like they own the ocean (this is the minority though).
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