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Originally Posted by Joey Dah Fish
Well it seems that the Cape May guys were the ones In support of the 18" since they're the ones that stack the boards. Secondly fish at 19" have been proven to be 85% or higher females. In addition 95% of fish over 21" are female. So if you want to blame lowered stocks ( and that's not the case) blame it on the regs. Targeting females is no way to sustain or rebuild a stock. Add in their so called mortality rate and poof another reason the regs are wrong.
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Yep - If you believe their numbers on stock assessments and look at the regulations they've put in place over the years, we're being forced to harvest larger fish and that's obviously not working.... The current system is broke and needs to be fixed.
