tagged fish report

[NJ219bands]

2/24/2014 a Cheseapeake Bay gill netter caught and kept a 26" 6.5 lb striped bass near Kent Island, MD, that I caught, tagged and released in Barnegat Inlet 10/24/2013. That's the fourth striper that tagged in NJ that got caught and killed in a Cheseapeake Bay net, 2 by gill nets and 2 by pound nets. Another striper that I tagged was caught in a gillnet offshore of LBI and reported by a NMFS Observer. 2 fluke that I tagged in NJ got caught by draggers, 1 in the Hudson Canyon and the other one offshore of Accomack, VA. A bluefish that I tagged in NJ was caught and sold in a fish market from a Pamlico Sound, NC, gill net. A NC Division of Marine Fisheries Research Vessel caught one of my bluefish 7 miles east of Hatteras. 3 blues that I tagged in Barnegat Inlet were killed during an Oyster Creek shutdown in December a few years ago. Fish tagging is very interesting.

[bulletbob]

Interesting indeed.. Sad as well... I was actually sad after reading your post.
Fish were given a reprieve, a chance to grow and reproduce... bam... fate and bad luck intervenes , waylays your good intentions... bob

[Foul Hook]

So if my math is correct you caught 12 fish. 8 were caught by some sort of commercial means and the other four met their fate by some other means, research or environmental factors. Where is the recreational fisherman represented in the query, but we always "overfish and continue to overfish" our rec quota. I know its a small observation but it speaks volumes to me. Good post!

[bunka bologna]

Definitely interesting. And as foul hook said, not 1 of those fish caught and killed by a an angler.

[Dino]

..aaaaand gill netters continue to rape the ocean.

[DonJose]

Kudos on a great report. Absolutely love this as it provides interesting insight. Keep up the good work.

As previous comments stated not 1 fish taken from recreational fisherman. Interesting....

[KevinH]

And we're the ones that get more and more restrictions on us every year. Thanks for the report. It really is eye opening.

[TheMotherFluker02]

Commercial fishing is why our regulations are so tight. Ugh don't even get me started. Lol