Black Sea Bass Discard Mortality seminar, Sept. 25, 7:00 PM, Rutgers Coop Extension

[henro]

Originally Posted by stripbait

venting tool!!!! Lol take your marine fisheries class and follow the netters when they dump their bycatch. Wait just follow one vessel!!! Literally thousands of dead fish scattered on top of the water ..... And you want the rec guy to vent a fish to save the species. We all know what the problem is and we go on like sheep to the slaughter and allow!!
Wait better yet , dont take your classmates. Higher undocumented immigrants , pack them all with vent tools , so you can get a write off, save money and make our healthcare costs go up and kill u.s. Economy even more!!

rofl!!!

[Joey Dah Fish]

I just registered

[Gerry Zagorski]

I totally understand everyone's frustration with the current regulations for both recreation and commercial fisheries but I think you're barking up the wrong tree here taking your frustrations out on Rutgers Scientists.

These are the same scientists that have worked with us in the past on the Fluke size/sex study in cooperation with SSFFF. They don't make the laws and they don't decide quotas for commercial or recreational fisheries.

If you want to argue science with them, that's perfectly fine but let's not blame them for the issues with commercial fishing practices.

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

I totally understand everyone's frustration with the current regulations for both recreation and commercial fisheries but I think you're barking up the wrong tree here taking your frustrations out on Rutgers Scientists.

These are the same scientists that have worked with us in the past on the Fluke size/sex study in cooperation with SSFFF. They don't make the laws and they don't decide quotas for commercial or recreational fisheries.

If you want to argue science with them, that's perfectly fine but let's not blame them for the issues with commercial fishing practices.

I doubt anyone is blaming Rutgers researchers for restrictive bag limits..
I simply think that many of us realize that state and federal regulators will use their "findings" to further regulate the stock with recs coming out on the short end as always..
The funding for this type of research is provided by those entities that WILL restrict the recreational fishery.

I do not blame the scientists, researchers and students.. I do have a problem with the information they gather,where it goes, and especially who pays for it.. If NMFS has a few bucks invested, rest assured, they will never hesitate to use research findings against sport fishermen..


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