Sea Bass Closure

[Taxman]

Originally Posted by maddhatterr

Curious....are you suggesting that the reason there is hardle any weak and whiting left is because of the rod and reel fisherman rather than the commercial guys.....?
There seems to be plenty of weakies in the surf right now...!

I am suggesting that they are missing because nothing was done to stop them from being overfished. What is being done now might not be great, but is still better than what was done to save the whiting

I am suggesting that just because we have a 1 week run by the Man Inlet, does not mean the stock is healthy. Fortescue calls themselves the weakfish capital of the world and they would kill to have a 1 week run. They are catchig blues and croakers and dreaming about the good old days

The Raritan Party boat fleet prayed for the weaks to show after the fluke season closed

I am stating, that as long as there is a big demand for seafood at the markets and in resturants, the general public and the politicians will not give a damn about the recreational fisherman and only care that they can buy what they want, when they want, at a good price.