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Originally Posted by Capt Sal
Fact is that when the"commercial" bunker boats devastate our menhaden in the bay there is big money made. I give two shits what the mates get! Anyone could be a mate on a purse siener. If there was no money in it they would not be doing it. Killing stripers,weakfish and god only knows what else. Gill netters set up on Shrewsbury Rocks and kill stripers that are thrown back dead. All of this to bring a few blues to market and some skates. I should have respect or feel sorry for these people? Millions of juvenile ling and whiting floating in the mud hole? These are the people i should feel sorry for? Hook and line or cast nets will never deplete any fishery!
The reduction boats are also making a killing. Killing the menhaden and lining there pockets! Fact is they have more power and money. Who cares what the mates or let us call them deck hands make per hour. They are raping the fish stocks and getting rich in the process! The local Commercial fishermen use to blame all this on foreing countries fishing as close as 12 miles. Well now we have a 200 mile limit and no Russians or Japanese. Who do we blame now? There are some younger people on this site that will never have the opportunity to experience what us '' older guy'' had.We have to fight for the right to harvest a few fish for our use. Can't make 15$ an hour in NJ commercial fishing??? Illegal aliens make that as day laborers in NJ.
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Worth Repeating! and anyone that sides with commercial draggers deserves to catch nothing.
