No Jan/Feb 2014 Sea Bass Season

[MrAC1980]

Dont forget about the elusive dog fish! Maybe they'll let us fish for them until they are supposedly depleted and need to be shut down as well!

[joeya78]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

Oh, no problem with that at all.. They'll just shut that down as well.. Problem solved!
Then when the ling are all thats left to fish for,
they will issue a panicked statement as to how the "Squirrel and Red Hake" stocks need to be regulated due to over exploitation, and shut that down as well...

Its not all bad news though. the Sea Robin and Little Skate populations are in good shape, and maybe the party boats can fish them for a while.. Until Big Brother starts yelling "stocks over exploited"...... bob

Let's not forget the codfish that have just started to make a comeback....we need a fisherman politician to help this situation

[RussA]

Originally Posted by joeya78

Let's not forget the codfish that have just started to make a comeback....we need a fisherman politician to help this situation

The Codfish Come-Back is do to the measures on the Georges Bank as that stock over flows into our waters.

There have been more and more whiting too, but that is the Hudson Canyon stock slowly over flowing back into our waters.

I am for the local commercial fishermen, not corporate commercial vessels like we have offshore harvesting the whiting stocks so fast they really never get a chance to migrate to our waters.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Pretty typical..... Here is how I think the game works.... They have a season size and bags limits in mind they deem acceptable to sustain the fishery. Rather then float that number and have us argue to increase it, they tell you they are going to shut down the entire fishery. We rally and get it open with what is likley close to the number they deemed acceptable in the first place... They appear to be working with us and making some compromises and we are thankful to have a season at all.

Round and round it goes...

It happened with Fluke a few years back and it happened with cod this year.

[Sharkyispy]

Originally Posted by Chris1129

Such BS......that will put a lot more pressure on the Blackfish too in Jan/Feb.

No Chris, it's all F-B-S! We fight, we organize, we vote and what do they do??? Take it away, bit by bit, piece by piece.....

And Gerry, I believe you are right on with this. They really come out smelling like roses when they compromise with the masses and give us a bone to chew on for a while...

[dales529]

Originally Posted by Angler Paul

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but NOAA has decided that recreational fishing for sea bass in federal waters for January and February of 2014 will be prohibited.

Paul Haertel

With all due respect I am not sure why this was posted in the first place. Those involved in Fisheries management and I am sure most if not all Party Boat Captains knew back in Dec 2012 that there would be NO Winter Seabass for Jan / Feb 2014.
This is no surprise and NOT new news. In my opinion posts like this just detract from the effort and fire up the masses for something that was already set back in 2012. That is why there is no formal announcements or breaking news out there. They didn't take anything away that wasn't already gone in 2012. Just sayin!

[Jay]

Originally Posted by dales529

With all due respect I am not sure why this was posted in the first place. Those involved in Fisheries management and I am sure most if not all Party Boat Captains knew back in Dec 2012 that there would be NO Winter Seabass for Jan / Feb 2014.
This is no surprise and NOT new news. In my opinion posts like this just detract from the effort and fire up the masses for something that was already set back in 2012. That is why there is no formal announcements or breaking news out there. They didn't take anything away that wasn't already gone in 2012. Just sayin!

I was under the same impresion. I recall back in Febraury it was mentioned.

[Angler Paul]

I do not know of any decision not to have a Jan/Feb season having been previously made. I posted it to inform others so that they can plan their fishing trips accordingly. I think the post was helpful considering that it had nearly 1400 views. Good news or bad, I am just trying to keep this site's many viewers informed.

Paul Haertel

[dales529]

Paul,
Understood and appreciate you informing. Just wanted to state that you made it appear as they took something else away or that the efforts made to keep seabass open somehow failed which is not true. These seasons were closed a long time ago and while Capt Adams (and I am sure others) efforts last year had it opened it was an anomaly.

NEVER expected this Jan/ Feb to be open.

But the fight continues and hopefully Magnuson Flexibility will go through as well.