2013 Fluke Regultion Options

[Capt Sal]

Originally Posted by arat

Number 4 gives the bass the longest time to get back. Best for all businesses. In may bass fishing is still very good. Shops need a fall fishery to help sustain them till bass show again. Number 4 is best

What about the the charter and party boats!Do they count to?

[njfisherman1975]

I would say option five would be best for fisherman, party boats and charter boats. I always say the longer season is better. Never really cared about the size limit...I don't think that inch hurts that much...even in the bay. I'd rather have the longer season to catch them.

[SaltLife1980]

Originally Posted by Capt Sal Cathy Sea Charters

What about the the charter and party boats!Do they count to?

lol.. They do!!

[shrimpman steve]

I like option 3.

[arat]

OK so let's look at this. The longer season starts and ends earlier. The bass will be in prime season giving people charters and party boats included something to fish for. What are you gonna do on sept. 27? No fluke early for bass tog is closed who knows about sea bass and pirgies are iffy what will you fish for? I would rather five the bass the extra week to hopefully make a better showing.

[SaltLife1980]

Originally Posted by arat

OK so let's look at this. The longer season starts and ends earlier. The bass will be in prime season giving people charters and party boats included something to fish for. What are you gonna do on sept. 27? No fluke early for bass tog is closed who knows about sea bass and pirgies are iffy what will you fish for? I would rather five the bass the extra week to hopefully make a better showing.

The end of Sept is not to early for bass..

[CadiShackFishing]

Option 5 looks good to me.

[SaltLife1980]

Hey Paul.. Have you seen or heard about this about this..

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/c...9bb2963f4.html



Talks about..."The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, a compact of East Coast states that regulates migratory fish, is considering an addendum to the fishery management plan to allow sharing between states. Such a management technique has been used on commercial fisheries but never for the recreational sector, said Interstate Fisheries Management Plan Director Toni Kerns of the ASMFC."

Saying that we could have the possibility of getting some unused allocation from a state not using its full share.

[Angler Paul]

Yes, I mentioned this in my initial post.

There is also a possibility that after all the states have set their regulations, the
ASMFC might allow New York and New Jersey to further relax their regulations if there
appears that there might me a coast wide estimated underage. Most advisors spoke
against utilizing it if it became available for fear of it causing us to exceed our quota. I
urged the council to take a least partial advantage of it if it becomes available. I
mentioned that we are more likely to underfish our quota this year as there will be far less
participation. This is due to the fact that many of our marinas, private boats and coastal
homes were devastated by Hurricane Sandy.

[SaltLife1980]

Other question i had was.. we lost a lot of Sept due to storms last season.. So how did we over fish again.. This system of data collecting is flaw... Its time for a change bc this crap just keeps on getting worse..