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Originally Posted by RussA
No Paul made the statement about NY and CT going over 125%(NY) and 150%(CT), but Nj was under at 61%.
I stated if NY had the lions share of the quota as did NJ for 10+ years we would have never gone over and NJ would have went well over it.
These are facts.
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Time for a "fact" check!
Russ, that statement makes no sense. Since the inception of Sea Bass regulations (however many decades ago that was) up until a couple years ago the sea bass quota (and regulations) were COASTWIDE. No state, including NJ, had ANY "share" of any kind since the fishery was managed on a coastwide basis from the start.
Only the past couple of years has NJ been part of a "Region" along with every other state (in whatever regions they were put into).
So, as I said, your comments are nonsensical in this context since NJ was fishing on the exact same regulations as every other state from NC to ME up until the recent change to regional management. That would include the entire timeframe from just a few years ago back to the beginning of fishing for sea bass, probably somewhere around the time of colonization by the British.
I think you are confusing Fluke with Sea Bass.
