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Originally Posted by nancy corigan
As for the over harvest or local whiting stocks well you can blame NJ and the US government, US and Foreign commercial trawlers For the local collapse.
Now since you are in the know you should also add that the Whiting stock is fine the only problem is that they can not over flow and migrate inshore like they used to from the Hudson Canyon because as you know thats the stock that used to frequent our waters through the winter.
Now the mid-water trawlers that are Corporate Commercial fishing fleets are netting them before they can make their way inshore.
End the Mid -water boats and gain the epic whiting fishery there was once in our local waters.
Blackfish demise was not caused by hook and line but by roller gear and fish pots. Stop these two things and we will have again blackfishing like it once was.
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agree 100% well said
I like how you mentioned "overflow" with the whiting that's why we had them for 100 years +!!
Fish pots haven't helped the tog either!!
