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Old 02-04-2017, 08:14 PM
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Default Re: So now what

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Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski View Post
Rather then the nuclear option we could have a Sunctuary option. If the Fed says we can only keep 3 @19 and our state wants status quo which is 5 @ 18.... The Govenor can choose not to enforce 3 @ 19 within the 3 mile line of our state and enforce 5 @ 18 instead....
NJ can also implement its own management plan to reduce the poundage of the harvest by the numbers the feds are looking for.
so going to a slot limit can do both.
allow us to keep 5 fish , and lower the total weight taken by taking smaller fish.

the best option still is a slot option to take some of the smaller male fish in the daily creel
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