Interesting article on mackerel stocks..

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Originally Posted by dakota560

Bob add cod, ling and herring to the list as they fall into the same category. Many of these fish were wiped out in the 70's when our own government horse traded OUR ocean's resources with Russia and other foreign countries for their own personal agenda. These fisheries have never rebounded. Please read the attached article for those of you not old enough to know what actually happened to arguably some of the greatest fisheries that ever existed in this area. These fisheries were so robust and dependable anyone would have thought they'd never be over-fished until within only a year or two they were. The tonnage of haddock, ling, whiting, cod, herring and mackerel harvested is beyond comprehension and if there's ever an example of the devastation commercial fishing has on a resource versus recreational, what happened 40 - 50 years ago with these ground fish is it. And that doesn't even address by-catch issues and permanent damage to the habitat these trawlers caused.

https://www.nj.com/shore/blogs/fishi...how_angle.html

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Tom.. I agree, and that was a good article by Ristori..

Only problem I have with it is this.. We still had sensational fishing for Mackerel/Whiting/Ling/Flounder for more than 10 years after the Bolshevik fleet hauled its last net.. it wasn't them that swept up what was left, it was local or regional commercial fishermen.. Same with weakfish.. It wasn't factory ships, it was local gill netters that took millions of pounds of them during the spring spawn, and sold them for pennies a pound...WHAT the hell kind of management is that??..

I dunno, I am just frustrated and disgusted with marine fisheries mismanagement..

NJ now has Walleyes, Pike, Muskies, Lake Trout, LL Salmon, Hybrid Stripers, Channel cats, etc in its limited freshwaters.. Terrific fishing I could only dream of in the 37 years I lived there.
Thats because its the state DEC that knows and manages the resource very well..

In the same state of NJ, half the saltwater species are gone or close to it, because the federal government "manages" the resource to a large extent... The feds know nothing ....bob