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Originally Posted by Cuz
Just look in the fish cases at any fish store and CRY over the size of the whiting that they bring in to sell the public. Ten (10) inches at best. How the hell can the stock reproduce when the regulations let the trawlers keep such small fish. Has a whiting that size even had a chance to reproduce once? I've told seafood owners and managers not to buy these undersize whiting. How much meat is on them? You would need a dozen to make one meal. Ridiculous! The government worries about a healthy fish stock like seabass but doesn't put their foot down in other places. Don't they go into stores and see what I see? It's pitiful to look at such small fish being sold. Unless there is a moritorium on whiting I honestly feel we will never see them in numbers again where they will be a targeted fish. And that is so sad. Don't get me started on the whiting (silver hake) depletion.
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You know its funny, I still see those whiting you speak of at big huge stores here in NY state [Wegmans}.. They have big , incredibly well stocked seafood sections.. They are indeed pretty small, a one footer being a good one... Sad to see.. The average one we caught was probably 15 inches, with some bats up to 22-24 inches now and then...The NMFS is regulating everything.. How about clamping down real hard on Silver Hake for a year or three for the draggers??. Maybe then we'll see some come inshore mixed in with Ling... In my opinion though. I doubt I'll ever catch another, especially living where I do, and not getting to the shore but a few times a year... bob
