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Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski
Their size minimum is larger than ours so they get an additional fish.
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You're correct but it shows how out of control these models are and the assumptions behind them. NY, especially eastern NY / Montauk, holds on average larger fish but that's not how these models supposedly work. Having a larger size minimum means potentially less fish retained to your point but it also means many more smaller fish will die from discard mortality in the process of harvesting larger specimens. For argument sake, let NJ go to 20" and we should be allowed to retain 6 fish a day which will benefit some and hurt most but the season or bag limit should be increased substantially. And that's before consideration is given to gender issues relative to harvesting larger fish.
