ASMFC Votes in Favor of Striped Bass Conservation
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 11:56AM 
Some great news from Stripers Forever.
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted today 10-4 against expanding commercial quotas for striped bass, reversing an earlier vote in February. Several states changed their votes to oppose the quota increase and only NY, RI ,DE and NC voted in favor. The recreational community worked hard to point out that all is not well with striped bass stocks, and Stripers Forever in particular made it clear that the supposed increase of the recreational harvest in the face of a declining commercial harvest was a sham. Everyone who took the time to attend a meeting or to send their letters and e-mails is to be congratulated for being part of the voice to prevent further exploitation of striped bass.
A broad coalition of angling groups worked really hard to fight this proposal but WTF is up with NY, RI, DE and NC?
stripers forever in Conservation
Reader Comments (1)
Great job by Stripers Forever getting that word out - it's so easy to send an email to state and local reps about issues, but we have to be aware what's going on to do that - solid job on this one.