Mass Fluke Regs this will get you pissed

[Blackfish Doug]

This was approved see how fast they fill their quota & we get shut down early because of it 16" are you kidding me??? I can't remember the last time I got a Fluke up there at 16" this is insane.

Fluke

For 2014, the ASMFC adopted a regional approach for managing the coast’s recreational fluke
fisheries with the intent of providing more equity in harvest opportunities among states. While
initially grouped with Rhode Island and facing a size limit increase, MarineFisheries was able to
successfully lobby for Massachusetts to be treated as its own region enabling status quo
regulations for 2014.

For 2014 the following recreational limits will apply for fluke:
Mode Season Bag Limit Minimum Size
Private Angler May 22 – September 30 5 fish 16 inches
For-Hire May 22 – September 30 5 fish 16 inches

[BOOMER43]

That's a bunch of bs

[Blackfish Doug]

Originally Posted by BOOMER43

That's a bunch of bs

This is no BS go to this web page

http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dfg/dmf...sory-17mar.pdf

[Foul Hook]

The Black Sea Bass page was interesting too!

[Gerry Zagorski]

Just goes to show the squeaky wheel gets the grease. I'm sure MA has a huge fishing lobby interest and they fought hard to get the most favorable regs. Just like NY threatening a law suit to force regionalization. You fight you get.

[Blackfish Doug]

What really make me laugh is That I don't even think I caught a fluke that went 16" last year.

[RussA]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

Just goes to show the squeaky wheel gets the grease. I'm sure MA has a huge fishing lobby interest and they fought hard to get the most favorable regs. Just like NY threatening a law suit to force regionalization. You fight you get.

Really Gerry?

NY fought for 12 years and finally got something... We finally got our rightful share of the pie.

[Rob B]

Originally Posted by RussA

Really Gerry?

NY fought for 12 years and finally got something... We finally got our rightful share of the pie.

This is njfishing not nyfishing.

[Blackfish Doug]

Originally Posted by RussA

Really Gerry?

NY fought for 12 years and finally got something... We finally got our rightful share of the pie.

Russ you better get NY to fight that 16" size in Mass because if you don't your Fluke season will be over by mid July when Mass over fish's it's Quota your Quota & our Quota & you know what your finally going to get is a good share of the Mass Pie.

[Sharkyispy]

Originally Posted by RussA

Really Gerry?

NY fought for 12 years and finally got something... We finally got our rightful share of the pie.

True, BUT what you fail to understand is that it was at the cost of other states quotas. If Mass can have their own regs and could do it then why not NY? Establish your own vs. impeding on a boundary state, I presume this was the easier way to do something about it vs. concede in other ways??