ASMFC Striped Bass Draft Addendum III - Plain English Summary

[OVERBORED]

I posted a short while back about a well known pirate getting busted for over limit bluefish.
To update, my sources tell me he went to court and plead to 4 fish over the limit and $450 fine.
You can say it's all about politics and you won't get an argument from me however when DEC makes a bust and the result of that is a $450 fine, it emboldens the poacher who will be back at it on the next tide and castrates enforcement officers as they don't have the backing of the penal system.

 

[hawk375]

yes regs

 

[longcast]

yes regs

Ok

 

[george]

@overboard The only answer is a fine that actually means something. Threaten someone with a 10k fine and they will absolutely think twice.

When you combine the odds of being caught with the small fine you may have to pay, a poacher has nothing to lose.

 

[longcast]

@overboard The only answer is a fine that actually means something. Threaten someone with a 10k fine and they will absolutely think twice.

When you combine the odds of being caught with the small fine you may have to pay, a poacher has nothing to lose.

Just a "part of doing business".

 

[OVERBORED]

Exactly. Let's be honest, fisheries violations are not the most glamorous of cases on a judge's docket.

 

[pequa1]

@overboard The only answer is a fine that actually means something. Threaten someone with a 10k fine and they will absolutely think twice.

When you combine the odds of being caught with the small fine you may have to pay, a poacher has nothing to lose.

change the law to allow, within reason, confiscation of equipment up to the "transportation used" to poach. Maybe not for a couple of bluefish but for twenty and thirty schoolies that we regularly see on the posts.

 

[Snapprhead27]

So a friend of mine was talking to DEC officers and they think its gonna be a slot limit again for 2026

 

[OVERBORED]

So a friend of mine was talking to DEC officers and they think its gonna be a slot limit again for 2026

31-33".........lol

 

[george]

So a friend of mine was talking to DEC officers and they think its gonna be a slot limit again for 2026

How about something we don't know

 

[OVERBORED]

George, Do you think the season will be significantly shortened?

 

[Snapprhead27]

I didnt get a chance to listen to the meeting. Anyone have cliff notes of it?

 

[OVERBORED]

RI striped bass harvest to be cut by 12 percent in 2026 https://share.google/QaI2Pwu0COBh1Yb2q

 

[george]

RI striped bass harvest to be cut by 12 percent in 2026 Striped bass harvest to be cut by 12 percent in 2026. Hearing is September 16 at URI

We're all taking that cut. Its how to get there that's the problem. And it's only the begining. If they don't extend the rebuild date that number will increase to double or more untill the eventual shut down. Does anyone here actually think that a 12% reduction is going to save the fishery in two years?

Old timers like me know it can happen. We've seen it before. Unfortunately our managers let us down and we're about to loose the #1 fishery in the entire northeast. Over 10 million rec trips alone.

These bass hearings are being held because they have to, but expect whatever the recommended option, to be the option. Soon they will no option at all.

 

[george]

George, Do you think the season will be significantly shortened?

When you consider that we will be pushing for no take closures, meaning allowing catch and release, they will have to consider the 9% mortality which could make it worse for recs. I'm going to poke around to see what I can find.