Reason162 to your post on the striped bass thread which was closed that anglers can load up on porgies for food. Don't think that's going to happen as the Monitoring Committee "MC" is recommending a 59% reduction for 2020 with one of the options involving reduced possession limits from 50 fish to 3. If that goes through, think about the consequences. And when the porgy fishery closes down, we can all target bluefish. Problem is the MC is recommending a reduction there as well from 15 fish to 3 as well. And again a majority of this is being driven by the outputs from the new MRIP system which the Technical Committee themselves characterize as having a high degree of uncertainty. But lets use the outputs regardless to drive decision making in proposing draconian cuts which will result in countless business failures.

At some point the question needs to be asked, "If fishery management policy decisions and regulations have been effective over the last 20 or more years, why the need for such drastic and continued cuts in catch?" Cuts of this magnitude result only when a process is largely out of control and ineffective or by acts of nature. Don't believe any of this relates to acts of nature so by default draw your own conclusions.