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Originally Posted by Capt Sal Cathy Sea Charters
We captains show up all the meetings we possibly can.We make a living in a short window!Capt. Rich does he share plus!He cares as do all of us.Get ur dun united!!!!I have been to some many meetings it makes my head spin talking to so called''marine biologists''.Common sense is not common.
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My reply was not intended as a criticism of Capt. Rich for not attending the Baltimore ASMFC meeting. But it was intended to set the record straight about what we learned, first hand and directly, about the governor's betrayal there. The anglers of New Jersey have been fighting this fight since the 1870s. In 1882 (that's not a misprint) the governor vetoed the bill to ban the menhaden reduction industry from New Jersey waters. It was basically the same bill that we did pass in 2001, the bill that allowed bunkers that made it into our waters to be safe while they stayed here. That's why we've had so much great striper and bluefish fishing in most recent years. But now, with the bunker population crashing coastwise, we may be witnessing some ominous results. If the bunker were here now, those stripers would be gobbling up our jigs.
