There was a 10 fish limit since the 1980s when I ran charters.
More like migratory patterns have changed. But that's a theory too- as good as anyone else's guess I suppose.
I remember being in that night fishing fleet fest. Lights ablaze covering a city block awash in chumming.
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Originally Posted by dakota560
Fishery was over-fished recreationally and never rebounded. Prior to possession limits being implemented, burlap sacks of big bluefish cooking on the deck without ice killed the fishery. Fishery never rebounded. That and to a lesser degree fillets in the supermarkets the color of cardboard wasn't helping. Check the attached link for historical landing and destruction of biomass. You'd think we'd learn. No fishery no matter how healthy it appears in today's day and age of technology can't be wiped out in a matter of years.
http://www.asmfc.org/species/bluefish |
