Was Interesting, just people giving feedback so that the DMF can do their thing and change the quato's and regs if supported.
There were 3 options for Striped Bass regs for recreational.
1. Status quo 28 inches
2. 2 fish per day at 28 inches or greater.
3. 2 fish per day 1 at 28" and one over 40".
After hearing everybodies input last night, it looks to me like they are going to probably go with the 3rd option.
So time will tell.
As for commercial they raised the quota allotment for take of fish. Not sure of the exact amount but it defiatley went up a couple hundred thousand pounds, size limit 34 " and a bag limit of 40 fish per day. One of the biggest and heated discussions was the fact that some comm. want to close on Sunday as a day for them to take fish so there isn't such a glutten on the price of the fish from the market to hopefully get more money for the catch. But alot of every day joe's who get a liscence to make a little money on the side disagreed because they may only be able to fish on the weekends. So I am not sure how the commercial thing will turn out. Time will tell.
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