I respectfully disagree with some of your points.
Recreational hook and line fishing has never put anything on the endangered species list.
Never. Period.
Comparing flounder to bass is comparing apples to oranges.
The flounder have been getting hammered by the draggers for over 100 years and there is still a commercial quota in NJ, unlike stripers.
While I completely agree that the days of unlimited garbage cans full of fish is not the proper way to manage the resource, I think the current bass rules have NJ anglers suffering in spite of the fact that we have ZERO COMMERCIAL HARVEST. If the other states followed NJ's example than this is a non-issue. Every state could have a 2 fish bag and the stock would remain healthy.
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Originally Posted by hammer4reel
their jog is t save fisheries, not the economy nor fishing industry.
due to straight greed of take take take , many fisheries have suffered.
Problem is so many are used to the OLD ways of take take take.
The more fish around to catch , the longer the industry will last.
at least if there are fish to catch and release , and take a few home guys will fish.
make the fishery crash , no one will be paying to fish like has happened in the past.
Just look at how long we have not had a winter flounder fishery.
when they are crushed it takes a LONG time for them to recover.
all the years of no limits did that, when guys filled garbage cans daily with fish .
if a limit had been imposed sooner the fish we started off with each spring would still have a sustainable fishery.
and it wouldnt be limited to 2 fish.
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while NMFS seems to come up with really bad numbers on many of the fisheries, limits to stay on the safe side are def better than reckless abandon
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