Sportfish Restoration / Excise tax why it's important

[fishsmith]

I agree with Sandman, anyting this wordy stinks of BS. Page 32 is where this doc discusses Striped bass management. I don't buy it. It looks to be well written, but the paragraph below bugs me, I still feel the decision making is a shot in the dark, and coordination/cooperation with east coast states on management isn't happening.


In short, the Sport Fish Restoration excise-tax funds provide the backbone for management and science activities that are needed to establish sustainable fishing effort and monitor results. Without the funding, decision making would be little more than a shot in the dark.