Emergency Action on Blueline Tile

[aduma1107]

Frigging absolute joke. 3-5 years ago they had no idea what a Tile fish looked like. Screwed again by the commercial guys.


http://www.app.com/story/sports/outd...shed/24022079/

[Joey Dah Fish]

I guess we are going to have Tilapia

[kurtisb]

Originally Posted by aduma1107

Frigging absolute joke. 3-5 years ago they had no idea what a Tile fish looked like. Screwed again by the commercial guys.


http://www.app.com/story/sports/outd...shed/24022079/

Emergency regs because NJ has no regs on tile fish and the NC commercial fleet was planning to targeting them. This is a good thing, I think?

[Dave A]

Originally Posted by kurtisb

Emergency regs because NJ has no regs on tile fish and the NC commercial fleet was planning to targeting them. This is a good thing, I think?

How is that a good thing? There was NO rec bag limit and now we are reduced to 7 per trip. All based on a questionable stock assessment done by the South Atlantic Marine Fisheries Council in 2011 and conducted in the waters south of North Carolina. Meanwhile, in the Gulf of Mexico the rec bag limit is 20 per day not to exceed 40 per trip per person.

[PaBeerGuy]

WOW, what a disgrace. One of the few (maybe only) fish left that was unregulated by the Feds. What will this do to the few boats that run Tile trips?

[Capt Sal]

Screwed again! Just close it down with out having to answer to anybody. Power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Fisheries Management...... Think about it for a minute. These people are paid to manage fisheries so what do you think they are doing to do?? They are going to manage fisheries, even ones that don't need to be managed.

If you go for a consultation to a surgeon, chances are they are going to want to do surgery. But in this case you have the ability to get 2nd opinions or seek other alternatives to surgery...

As Sal said " close it down with out having to answer to anybody. Power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely"

Who do these people have to answer to?? What are the check and balances?? Do they take into consideration other opinions or solutions?? Not based on what I see.... Yes, in some cases they have the obiligatory public comment meetings but it seems to me their mind is already made up and nothing we say matters.... They have all the power and......

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

[Capt. Debbie]

Like the 10 bluefish rule. I hate rules but this is hardly the crap catch limits we get with NJ winter flounder.

Originally Posted by Dave A

How is that a good thing? There was NO rec bag limit and now we are reduced to 7 per trip. All based on a questionable stock assessment done by the South Atlantic Marine Fisheries Council in 2011 and conducted in the waters south of North Carolina. Meanwhile, in the Gulf of Mexico the rec bag limit is 20 per day not to exceed 40 per trip per person.

[Capt Sal]

What ever state a commercial vessel is registered in should be the only state they can off load. North Carolina boat coming here to fish federal waters up north? If a New York party boat is more than three miles off our coast they are in federal waters. There black fish season starts earlier than ours and there is nothing we can do about it. When they were in Jersey waters when our season was not open yet nothing was being done about it by our NJ Div of Fish and Game officers. Yea,the same guys that would check you at the dock because it is easier!
Makes me wonder if we are ever going to win one in the near future. We are so use to losing that we are almost willing to accept it. Could you just imagine spending your life savings on a off shore party boat and they hit you with a closure like this? Not exactly the best time to get into the for hire sport fishing scene! I have to give a lot of credit to the party and charter boat captains that keep fighting back and refuse to go out of business.

[PAMonger]

I don't see a big problem with it. Tilefish are slow to grow and reproduce. If you get more than 7 tilefish, you are having a phenomenal day and I hope you have one serious vacuum sealer.