stripers in fed waters

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by Doublerunner

I don't think a few letters is going to do much more than make us feel better. I'd think that a thousand person or more demonstration at the NC and/or VA state house would bring a lot of media attention...

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

There is one way to get people to act *and* get people outraged - try to get news coverage of what's going on down there. Fox loves stories where the government isn't enforcing the law and it's costing taxpayers money.

There's nothing quite like a reporter looking for their next big break to get their head poking around and doing investigations.

BINGO!

Media attention and a bright light shining on the abuses could be extremely effective if you can find someone to pick it up and run with it nationally

Investigative reporting is the way to go to bring it to the attention of John Q Public - if memory serves, doesn't Brian Williams, the NBC news anchor, occasionally fish for bass on the Block?

Maybe he's the guy you want to shoot emails to...

[MakoMike]

All this protest at what is going on in NV and Va is all well and good. But you guys should also look in your own backyard. This stuff goes on all summer long right off Block Island. Sure they don't catch the same amount of fish as the guys down south report catching. But it seems a little bit like the pot calling the kettle black.
There are few of us RI charter boats that stay out of the EEZ, but there are loads of boats that fish in the EEZ day after day, if thats where the fish are. Private boats are usually fishing right alongside of them. Both types of boats from RI and from Montauk.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by MakoMike

All this protest at what is going on in NV and Va is all well and good. But you guys should also look in your own backyard. This stuff goes on all summer long right off Block Island. Sure they don't catch the same amount of fish as the guys down south report catching. But it seems a little bit like the pot calling the kettle black.
There are few of us RI charter boats that stay out of the EEZ, but there are loads of boats that fish in the EEZ day after day, if thats where the fish are. Private boats are usually fishing right alongside of them. Both types of boats from RI and from Montauk.

All the more reason to drop the dime on people. Enough phone calls and outrage and someone is bound to act on it. Then, when the crooked bastards get fined to death or get a bad reputation, all the better for the legitimate charter boats.

[UserRemoved1]

Thank you for your recent correspondence regarding striped bass harvest occurring off the coast of North Carolina.

State jurisdiction extends out to three miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean and federal jurisdiction runs from three to 200 miles offshore. This includes the federal area of jurisdiction, the Exclusive Economic Zone or the EEZ. The striped bass harvest you discuss is occurring in the EEZ, and falls under the jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).



Please know we take fishery resource violations seriously and work closely with management partners at the local, state and federal levels. We have forwarded your inquiry to NMFS law enforcement. If you would like to contact NMFS directly regarding this matter, please contact NMFS Enforcement Agent Joe Wilson at joe.wilson@noaa.gov


THERE IS THE GUY TO COMPLAIN TO.

[MakoMike]

If you want to see some "official Reaction" to the problem read the minutes of the ASMFC board that I just posted,

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by MakoMike

If you want to see some "official Reaction" to the problem read the minutes of the ASMFC board that I just posted,

Yeh