Remember... 7 straight years of spawn failure means we focus removal from the SSB while there is a complete generational cycle of striped bass that are unavailable to mature and replenish stocks. The downward trend has striped bass on the cusp of collapse.
This article gets a lot right. What @OnTheWaterMedia gets wrong is conflating YoY w recruitment (when a juvenile fish enters the SSB). Because rec/comm harvest is directed at fish in or entering the SSB, current management policy is unsustainable.
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Shore-based and private boat anglers dominate most recreational fisheries in the northeast and mid-Atlantic, accounting for 90 to nearly 99 percent of all trips. Yet legislators and fishery managers seem to favor for-hire anglers, who take fewer trips. https://t.co/mmfgOZEDKE
@mike_Iaconelli@Abu_Garcia@AftcoFishing Really wish you'd handle those fish a little better and set a good example. Stripers are in trouble and poor catch & release practice is part of the problem.
Maryland's charter fleet wants to circumnavigate #stripedbass regulations so they can make a few more dollars rather than work for the long term good of the fish. And make no mistake, *when* the population craters, they'll be the ones howling the loudest.
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@TimmyFacciola_ The best solution for a quick turnaround that achieves the ASMFC's goal of abundance and healthy age stratification would be a ten year harvest moratorium.
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Thank you to all our supporters. On this #GivingTuesday we want to remind you that we depend on the generosity of individuals who support our fight to see #stripedbass restored to abundance on the eastern seaboard.
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@NEAQ And are in decline, with seven straight years of spawn failures in the critical Chesapeake Bay estuary where ~75% of the Atlantic coastal migratory population originates.
Epic Stories of Striped Bass Blitzes: https://t.co/OwfpNiKI8V
Five surfcasters recall the magical times when baitfish met gamefish, and gamefish met fishermen.