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[Nebe]

It's already started John .. All the signs are there.
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[Redsoxticket]

Why don't the commercials' invest in farming. The investment amount by each investor correlates to a percentage of the take.

[afterhours]

let's kill 'em 'till they're gone...

what eben said...

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Nebe

It's already started John .. All the signs are there.
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Yeh, I think so too.

[JohnR]

PLEASE, we can do better than this, right? I know more people that are going than voiced on this thread, but lets get more of a firm list please. We need to represent this better. IIRC, Rhode island is one of the states in favor of increasing the quota, therefore it is very important to make it known that a lot of fishers don't want increased commercial take.

RI: Tuesday night

JohnR
Afterhours
Piemma
Slow Eddie
Red Sox Ticket

MA: Monday night

JohnR (maybe)
Ecduzitgood
JohnnyD
Makai
Freebie

NH (September)

MikeToole
TDF


MA in support of increased quota:

Raider Ronnie

[DZ]

I'll be at the RI hearing.

DZ

[Back Beach]

Pretty sure the Mass quota has increased nearly every year since the moratorium ended. Why all the fuss now? Isn't Mass authorized to take up to 2 million pounds if they see it fit? If anything, Mass has stayed pretty conservative with regard to commercial pressure.

I would, however, end the out of state licenses so us poor Taxachusetts residents have a bigger piece of our own pie to eat....don't forget the sales tax holiday this coming weekend, either...now is the perfect time to buy that expensive piece of fishing gear you've longed for but needed just a little nudge...

[eelskimmer]

Crap, I went thru all this in 1976-1981 with Stripers Unlimited.
Then there was a proven problem and at every meeting I attended
(at Boston Aquarium et.al.) arguing for sanity, the
commercials in large attendance pooh-poohed the
loss as poor statistics, natural cause or taking food
out of the mouths of their babies.
Why do we have to go over this all again. Take a
look at the latest issue of Surfcasters Journal
for confessions of a poacher. The commercial limit
is a fiction, wrapped in a mystery and coated with
statistics.
I will be at the meeting in Dedham and will speak
against any such nonsense. Recreationals have to
register and pay a license next year as part of a
program to measure their limits. Until we have
more info from this program hold all changes.
This is a blatant attempt to grandfather in quotas for
commercials before the recreational licensing begins.
See youse there. I will be wearing my MSBA shirt.

[Rockfish9]

I'll be at the NH one.. I've been a guest speaker there, it's easy to get to...

[piemma]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Yeh, I think so too.

Some of us have been saying it for a few years now. Personally I killed 2 fish this year out of quite a few hundred I have caught. I am not against taking a bass for the table. I just am dead set against 28" 2 fish. There is no need to kill 2 fish a day. I don't care how F&%$#&*ing poor you say you are.

1 fish 36" or make it a game fish and strictly catch and release..

Which brings up a rather interesting question. I wonder how many of these "so called hardcore stripermen" would keep fishing, buying gear, boats, slips, etc, etc, if it were catch and release like in the 80s?

I remember in 89 thru 92, 3 of us would have Deep Hole all to ourselves on the midnight low tides. Couldn't keep anything so guys just stopped fishing. It was GREAT!!!!

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by piemma

Which brings up a rather interesting question. I wonder how many of these "so called hardcore stripermen" would keep fishing, buying gear, boats, slips, etc, etc, if it were catch and release like in the 80s?

I remember in 89 thru 92, 3 of us would have Deep Hole all to ourselves on the midnight low tides. Couldn't keep anything so guys just stopped fishing. It was GREAT!!!!

I'd welcome it!