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Old 02-07-2017, 08:54 AM
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Default Re: New Fluke Regulation Update 2-2-17

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Originally Posted by Angler Paul View Post
We did until a couple years ago when we were forced into a region with New York and Massachusetts. In reality this was a reallocation of quota and it resulted in New York's regulations being relaxed while New Jersey's were made more stringent. This was largely due to political pressure from N.Y. Senator Schumer who went so far as to introduce his "Fluke Fairness Act". Now NJ is finally fighting back.
Been saying this from the march on Washington days. Where are our''elected'' politicians in this fight? Not fishing for one year will not kill a private sport fisherman but it will put party and charter boats out of business for sure.
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