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Originally Posted by Ed B
Something here doesn't make sense. The only link posted is to a secure website. Do the guys posting these graphs have any other links to the place where this is coming from?
These graphs certainly don't coincide with data put out by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Ed B
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Not sure what happened to the first link but try the link below and select "catch" query. You should be able to get the tables I posted for each state.
You really need to look at the ASMFC tables closely. The 2006 to2011 data shows about a 33% decrease in recreational kept but then it shows about a 75% decrease in the release numbers. If you add the C&R numbers together you see a decrease of about 70% decrease. This is on page 18 of the 2011 assessment. If you look at the table on page 19 you will see that the states at the North and South ends of the range have seen the biggest drops.
ASMFC says that stripers are not overfished because the stock numbers are above the SSB Threshold. Problem is in my opinion if we drop the stock to the Threshold number Maine, NH, Mass North Shore, VA, NC will not have a migratory stripe bass fishery.
http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/recr...ies/index.html
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