Striper Regulations Poll

[Gerry Zagorski]

Although none of these options have been approved to meet our conservation equivalency yet and are not approved by the ASMFC, how are you leaning here?

[ALS Mako]

1 @ 24" to 32" .

[Suckafish]

1@ 24”-34” and One trophy fish with permit and let the fisherman and charter captains decide on ethics. More I think about it people might be right we’ll never get it back once it’s gone!!!!

[hammer4reel]

Stripers are one of the only fish that has has drastic size limit changes that we did give and get back.
Not saying that will happen again .

I think with most states going to 28” to35” that’s what we will end up seeing .

That spreads the fish over a 5 to 6 year span of age class fish.
Also will keep commercial fishing to no quota , which is good for us .

.and only takes 5 years for fish to hit that’s replacement size .

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[dales529]

Latest as far as I have heard:

Last week the ASMFC considered motions presented for conservation equivalency options to the standard 28" - <35". The majority of state proposals for CE were rejected, including all of NJ's, with a couple of exceptions...VA could go 28" - <36" and RI could consider CE proposals with slot limits with a max size of up to 40". The message from the Board was clear, limit big fish harvest. Keep in mind, however, that having been charged with achieving an 18% reduction, NJ at 28 - <35 would be an approx. 47% reduction for NJ, while many other states by implementing the same measure would be reducing in the single digits.

As the meeting progressed, NJ delegation decided to put forth a motion to be allowed to develop a CE proposal to achieve at least an 18% reduction via a slot limit with a max size no greater than 40". The motion passed.

NJ delegation goals were -
1) Considering measures that were within the guidelines of the required state reductions (18%) for the conservation of the resource;
2) Providing NJ's diverse group of anglers final say on what the 2020 NJ Striped Bass regulations would be; and,
3) Being treated fairly in consideration of allowances afforded other states.

NJ Marine Fisheries Council Striped Bass committee met this week, and it is the belief that they selected a 28" - <38" option to be considered at the Council meeting now scheduled for next Thursday at 5pm in Manahawkin.

So there will be 2 options for consideration, 28" - <35" and 28" - <38", both with 1 fish bag limits and no closures. Additionally, I believe the recommendation will be to keep the bonus program basically unchanged, 24" - <28" fish (no large trophy fish).

[Billfish715]

We are not conceding as much as some may think. If the PB's can still give out bonus tags and we can keep one bass over 28" to 38"or40", we have only conceded much larger bass which many of us never caught last year anyhow. Most of the bass we've caught over the last few years never made it to the "over" category. For our crew, nothing has basically changed no matter what the size limits will be.

Snag and drop with weighted trebles will become a thing of the past. For those fishing on a PB that might mean bringing an extra rod with which to liveline. Netting bass will be imperative unless you can tell the size differences before deciding if a striper makes the slot.

Again, I don't think we're conceding/sacrificing as much as it might appear since the larger bass are fewer in numbers and the majority of bass that were caught last year were under 38". The local marinas' or clubs' monthly or seasonal tournaments might have to be redesigned if stripers over 38"or 40" are off limits.

[Chelsea-Sea]

Keep giving and you might as well sell your boats. Let’s see what they do with the sea bass this year, not even mentioning what scraps we will see for fluke!
The ironic part is they are winning by keeping all of us arguing and fighting over the scraps!

[hammer4reel]

Originally Posted by Chelsea-Sea

Keep giving and you might as well sell your boats. Let’s see what they do with the sea bass this year, not even mentioning what scraps we will see for fluke!
The ironic part is they are winning by keeping all of us arguing and fighting over the scraps!

Keep killing all the breeding fish in every species both recreationally and commercially there isn’t going to be anything to fish for .

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[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by hammer4reel

Keep killing all the breeding fish in every species both recreationally and commercially there isn’t going to be anything to fish for .

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Pretty much.
Simply too much pressure in the modern age, both recreational and commercial on any species thats good to eat ... bob

[Skolmann]

Originally Posted by hammer4reel

Keep killing all the breeding fish in every species both recreationally and commercially there isn’t going to be anything to fish for .

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Winner winner, chicken dinner 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏