2017 Fluke Regulations NJ public Meeting

[dales529]

The N.J. public hearing on Summer Flounder Draft Amendment XXVII will be held after the N.J. Marine Fisheries Council meeting at 6:30 p.m., Jan. 5, 2017 in Galloway Township Library, 306 Jimmie Leeds Road.


Prospective regulations are so severe that there could be a limit of two to three at a 19-inch limit with a season from June 1 to Sept. 15 even though the fluke population appears to be healthy.

Have you had ENOUGH! If so attend and speak as a united group loudly. Need at least 500 and that means, For Hire PB, Charter Boat Capts, Recreational Fishermen / women, Hotel owners, Tackle Store owners, Boat Dealers, Marina Owners, Fuel suppliers, Sandwich Shop Owners, 7-11 owners basically anyone who has a connection to Salt water fishing in NJ.

Not always easy to travel to these with all our other responsibilities but if you want to make a stand this could be your last chance.

it worked for stopping the proposed SH Marine Sanctuary and it can work here too but not without physical attendance.

These shirts are available

[Gerry Zagorski]

I plan on attending so if any of you want to carpool down from Northern NJ we can all meet at the Cheesequake rest area on the Parkway just south of the Driscole Bridge on the Express Lane side.

We need to show up in force and let them know "None of the options presented are acceptable".

More details to follow...

[Rocky]

See you there.

[Sharkyispy]

Looks like NY is stepping up on this!!!


http://www.newsday.com/long-island/f...111?pts=665835

[Capt Sal]

As usual it is held in a place they choose. Not exactly where we live. These meetings are about the options. For those of you that do not know. New Jersey picks the options given by the feds. Still a good place to voice an opinion.

[Charlie B]

I say we should give the feds our own option and that is to tell the feds to pound salt. NJ should have the State police and all local law enforcement only enforce state and local laws and declare NJ waters open to unregulated recreational fluking...Charlie

[Sullivan]

Getting 500 people is a lot of cars , car pooling is good , cause I have a pickup w/o back seats , Cheesequake rest is great for me as I live close . I do think a bus would be nice , even a yellow school bus , and if that many guys were going , you could have one from Cheesequake and one from exit 100 for the guys further south , just an idea .

[hammer4reel]

IM going to do my best to make it there .
word is the cut the commercial quota 30% and it was posted on the F&G website Last Friday. according to that and the math on the quotas to work out they already have our stuff decided before the meeting .
If thats the case and the meeting is a farse these people need to be taken to a higher court .

[AndyS]

I'm sure all the party boat and charter boat owners will be there also.

[Tuna Tales]

Where is Bass Pro Shops? New store coming soon in Sayreville....if you read this guess what - I am not buying anymore fluke tackle!

Where is Penn? Gulp!, Shimano and all of the other stakeholders??

Here we go again - writing letters, attending meetings etc. - will it make a difference?

Chuck Schumer (love him or hate him) is always there for his fellow New Yorkers. Where are our representatives? Do they even give two shits?

Loss for words here...

If the fluke population is that bad shut it down for a year....however nobody can agree on the data. How can we solve the problem if nobody can agree?

We need to stop fighting each other!

Here is an idea...how about EVERYONE get together --I will buy the pizza and beer -- (rec, commercial, party boats, charter boats) and create a comprehensive plan to conduct a research survey on the fluke population that everyone will agree on (in writing). Whatever the results everyone will agree and take and abide by whatever action (good or bad).

Hey NOAA - how about thinking out of the box for a change...perhaps a slot size or different dates as the ocean fluke fishery is different than the bay due to the cold water.

Thank you to everyone who has tried to help over the years...SSFFF, RFA, NJOA and others...

Hoping for the best here...but as an American and a tax payer I am getting very tired of begging to keep a few fluke...


Joe T.