ASMFC Striped Bass Draft Addendum III - Plain English Summary

[OVERBORED]

We can go back and see Giant bluefin in dumpsters. Weakfish, bluefish sitting in garbage cans at the dock after a night trip, rotting, because customers left them. All the result of gluttonous recreational fishermen!

And on and on.........

Need to move forward and coexist. One side is not going to give in to the other.

 

[longcast]

You mean like discard from a net? Area was huge!

 

[george]

We can go back and see Giant bluefin in dumpsters. Weakfish, bluefish sitting in garbage cans at the dock after a night trip, rotting, because customers left them. All the result of gluttonous recreational fishermen!

And on and on.........

Need to move forward and coexist. One side is not going to give in to the other.

I am not sure I would compare 10 thousand pounds of dead bass rotting on a beach with a rec who kept more fish than he should have. Recs have been educated and we do not need to kill bass, unlike the commercial side. And trust me I am in no way suggesting that commercial fishermen are responsible for what is happening today, because they clearly are not.

I do not view this as us against them. The fact is we are both in this together.

 

[hawk375]

i believe the asmfc should look at 1984 striped bass act where hatcheries were used and also introduce fish throughout range to try and give fish a chance remember if managers cause divide between rec and commercial no one is looking at the horrible job they have done where are the flounder ,cinderworms,jellyfish and now small bass.Why are bait stores, charter boats and commercial fisherman being held responsible for there mistakes with no scientific actions taken

 

[OVERBORED]

I am not sure I would compare 10 thousand pounds of dead bass rotting on a beach with a rec who kept more fish than he should have. Recs have been educated and we do not need to kill bass, unlike the commercial side. And trust me I am in no way suggesting that commercial fishermen are responsible for what is happening today, because they clearly are not.

I do not view this as us against them. The fact is we are both in this together.

It doesn't compare but recs have had their own abuses. I think both sides are more aware of waste and try to limit it.

 

[george]

Hawk my friend, you’re right about the hatcheries. When all was said and done they figured the introduced bass made up about five percent of the biomass. Not many people even realize that it worked.


We’re on the same page about management dropping the ball. For a politician, nothing is easier than kicking a problem down the road. Isn’t that what they do? And there’s nothing easier to ignore than something under the sea. That’s a recipe for disaster. We put all this time and effort into gathering data, have the scientists build a plan, and then watch it get tossed aside or twisted to fit a political agenda. The science gets ignored until their backs are against the wall. That’s exactly where we are today.