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Originally Posted by hammer4reel
Based on poundage your already being charged for a High mortality of shorts .
Keeping a slot fish would reduce those fish returned and lower that portion of the quota.
Talking to FG people involved with setting seasons etc , they said they had never been approached for a statewide slot .
And crunching the numbers of releases not having a slot really hurts our season in two ways .
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Reason nothing is changing each year is their really haven’t been different approaches given , and those changes need to reach decision makers long before the public meetings are held .
Waiting until the day of doesn’t allow ideas and information to sink in. , and they are running under time constraints .
INSANITY. Is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results .
While the parties you mentioned have tried hard they are just as stuck on it’s only their way or no way .
So you wonder why it’s a yearly argument that never changes ?????????
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Dan
Let me be clear: I am in full support of a slot fish for many reasons and the ones you mention. Having said that the discussions, meetings, briefs, presentations presented are ongoing ALL year long and for as long as i have been involved which is 13 years but probably 8 years since we have been presenting data on the benefits of a Slot Fish. ALL fisheries clubs, management groups and private public people like Tom Smith have presented different options, data, briefs etc to little or no attention when it matters. I will leave it at that.
Talk about banging your head against the wall!.
The Feds give NJ an option package, the NJ DEP has a little wiggle room to adjust those options but typically its season start / end date (length) to meet what the feds consider our quota allocation.
TO DATE: A slot fish would reduce our season dramatically based on MRIP.
Once we go there the current season would get shut down and the next year reduced.
Again the NJ DEP sets the regs based on the NJ Marine Fisheries Council advisements which are limited by the MAMFC and ASMFC options Federally.
Why anyone at FG would need to be approached about a slot fish is either its not achievable, or another way to pass blame with little accountability. Every faction of our marine fisheries councils have been and should be well informed on any / all of this every year.
