My take on last night's ASMFC Addendum II hearing in MA

[JakeF]

Here's an update on this... All public comment is in and has been tallied. I have a PDF fresh off the presses from the ASMFC which is a breakdown state-by-state of all public comment received. It is attached at the bottom of this post.

The Management Board at the ASMFC will be voting on this Addendum at their annual meeting in South Carolina on November 9th.

I also have the contact information of every person on that board, and have emailed every one of them. It is also attached at the bottom of this post, in case any of you are interested in doing the same.

Fight the good fight...

[piemma]

Good job Jake. So if you take a look at the PDF you will see that the vast majority of the people submitting letters, calls, or other forms of communication, favor a reduction in the rec limit to 1 fish per day, perhaps a slot but most assuredly an increase in the size limit.

This is great news for us. The bass population cannot take the wanton destruction that is taking place. This is especially true of the charter boat guys who take out once a year sports and kill 2 fish for every man on board.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by piemma

Good job Jake. So if you take a look at the PDF you will see that the vast majority of the people submitting letters, calls, or other forms of communication, favor a reduction in the rec limit to 1 fish per day, perhaps a slot but most assuredly an increase in the size limit.

This is great news for us. The bass population cannot take the wanton destruction that is taking place. This is especially true of the charter boat guys who take out once a year sports and kill 2 fish for every man on board.

Hopefully the ruling entities will follow the overwhelmingly pro-conservation bend of the respondents.

[JakeF]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Hopefully the ruling entities will follow the overwhelmingly pro-conservation bend of the respondents.

We'll know by November 10th.... That's my birthday and I expect a good present

If they choose to vote in favor of a commercial increase in spite of the overwhelming public opinion against such a move, then they will basically be saying loud and clear that the whole public comment part of these proceedings is a farce and means nothing to them. I don't see that happening....