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  1. MakoMike

    Federal Ban on Scup?

    There is a work around, they can surrender their federal scup licenses and fish in state waters.
  2. MakoMike

    Federal Ban on Scup?

    Yes.
  3. MakoMike

    Federal Ban on Scup?

    Its true. I blame th MAFMC and ASMFC for failing to make the required its to prevent overfishing. They forced the NMFS into this as thy are required, by law, to prevent overfishing.
  4. MakoMike

    Maine Elver Haul brings in $20 million...

    No not green eels. Silver eels are the adults and the ones that descend rivers on their way to the Sargassum sea. Many of them are killed by the turbines in hydroelectric dams.
  5. MakoMike

    Maine Elver Haul brings in $20 million...

    Just FYI, hydroelectric dams kill more adult (silver) eels than anything else.
  6. MakoMike

    Maine Elver Haul brings in $20 million...

    Consider the odds of andover making it all the way to silver eel status. How many make it? 1 in 10,000? 1 in 100,000?
  7. MakoMike

    Ropeless Lobster Gear for Right Whale protection getting the cold shoulder in MA...

    That's for MA, right?
  8. MakoMike

    Do You Fish For Black Sea Bass? NY Anglers face a huge reduction in this healthy fishery.

    The TAC is determined by the MAFMC's SSC and it must be accepted by the MAFMC per the MSA. NMFS must insure that the TAC is not exceeded, which it was for the last several years and would have been this year had they not enacted the cuts. This has nothing to do with "overfishing" as that term...
  9. MakoMike

    Do You Fish For Black Sea Bass? NY Anglers face a huge reduction in this healthy fishery.

    IMHO, it's tilting at windmills. Commercial quota is filled every year and the Recreational harvest limit has been exceeded every year for the last 3-4 years. NMFS is required by law to prevent overfishing and that's exactly what they are doing.
  10. MakoMike

    There is an issue with rec scup regs for this year

    Its going to be interesting in how this pans out. GARFO is required by law to prevent overfishing. But IIRC if you looks at the species (both commercial and recreational) I don't think they would be subject to overfishing in 2022. OTOH GARFO can't unilaterally change the commercial/recreational...
  11. MakoMike

    Looks like the last Buffalo hunt may be happening…..

    Yes.
  12. MakoMike

    Dolphin fish (mahi-mahi)

    All good questions and ye they are also known as dorado. Dolphin are a data poor species. We do know, according to the scientists that at 20 inches they have had a chance to spawn at least once and maybe twice. The real issue is that the boys fishing off the east coast of FL perceive that...
  13. MakoMike

    Dolphin fish (mahi-mahi)

    Anyone target dolphin fish or mahi-mahi as they are sometimes called? I ask because I have recently been appointed as an advisor to the SAFMC to represent fishermen in the mid-Atlantic and New England regions. The SAFMC (south Atlantic fishery management council) is in charge of all dolphin...
  14. MakoMike

    Fluke, sea bass and scup

    FWIW the ASMFC's fluke, sea bass and scup boat will be meeting on March 24th starting at 10:30 AM on this subject. You can register for the meeting on the ASMFC's website.
  15. MakoMike

    Possible relaxation of groundfish regulations in Gulf of Maine...

    We have the same thing here, they're called spiny dogfish.
  16. MakoMike

    Gas prices 2019 and beyond

    Paid $3.999 up here yesterday.
  17. MakoMike

    Bunker wars moving up the coast...

    My guess (prediction) is no, the state of ME will still harvest its entire menhaden quota.
  18. MakoMike

    Fluke, sea bass and scup

    That's fine in theory, in practice none of them are being stopped in transit.
  19. MakoMike

    Fluke, sea bass and scup

    To make matters worse the conservation equivalency proposals are based on MRIP numbers which often have PSEs that are off the charts.
  20. MakoMike

    Fluke, sea bass and scup

    When I said states, I was including the regions where all the states in the region will have to agree to a common policy.

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