MSBA Action Alert--Stripers Forever Bill Could Pass- Only One Hearing--This Thursday

[afterhours]

[QUOTE=stripermaineiac; Funny thing is that a great many of us that are pushing for gamefish status now used to do commercial and saw the effect of our greed and decuded the fish was more important than the buck .Guys like Bob Pond who aren't with us anymore left a legacy with many of us to carry on. protect the fish not the fisherman so we'll always have it to fish for.
. Ron[/QUOTE]


amen.

[animal]

Originally Posted by afterhours

amen.

Don,you know,as well as I that a large portion of the former comms you spoke of,were comms when there weren't any real catch limits,and the size limit was 16 inches.
I think we all know that recs kill far more stripers than comms,so gamefish status alone(without further limitations)is pointless.
Reread Dougs(Sashamy)posts.He's usually pretty spot on,and I agree with what he said here.

[afterhours]

bobby- i was a commercial fisherman for years and i believe i was part of the problem in the 80's. and today i have a vested interest in the condition of this fishery. i don't need scientists or bioligists to tell me the state of this fishery- i have eyes and have been a fisherman for 50 yrs and i remember history. gamefish status is only part of the solution i would like to see. i would also like to see a coastwide standard limit of 1 fish at 36". i believe those two measures would go a long way to restoring the fishery- yes i believe it is in need of restoration.