Seabass Webinar Wednesday 8/13 from 1 to 2:30

[Gerry Zagorski]

Another chance for your voices to be heard on Seabass. This is the meeting to decide harvest limits for 2026 and 2027 and we want them increased for all the reasons mentioned here

Wednesday August 13th from 1 - 2:30 PM to get into the meeting webinar and be prepared to give your verbal comments as well.
Please click here to join the meeting here if prompted, enter access code: 2347 766 8181 and password: nhHDUdTp233) or to join by phone only, dial 415-655-0001 and enter access code 2347 766 8181

Please note this is not the state meeting when we decide season dates and bag limits. This meeting is a discussion on what our harvest limits will be.. If we can get more fish the discussions of how we divide them up in our state regulations will follow.

If you say something like we want more fish in the winter or a few more fish instead of just 1 in the summer months, that not their call, that's the states call and the state could give you what you want but they'd have to take it away from another season or bag limits unless we get more fish.

Lets stay focused here, the ask is for more fish PERIOD.

Thanks, please spread the word by copying and pasting this link https://www.njfishing.com/forums/sho...057#post590057 and putting it in emails or a fishing related social media groups so we get as many comments as possible and hope to hear you on this important call.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss please PM me your phone number and I'll call you..

[Gerry Zagorski]

Just wanted you all to have the benefit of the latest conversation I had with Dan aka Hammer on this subject and why we need to continue to fight... Things are looking favorable right now but this is far from over and we need to keep the pressure on!



Originally Posted by hammer4reel View Post
Seems to be some misinformation here .
Talked to the person who heads this fishery here in Nj .
He said we are getting an increase in bag limit , not a reduction .

He said the reduction talked about was the daily going from ten to eight fish .
To keep an 8 fish bag limit open when sea bass are in season during all its phases .
Instead of a 1 fish bag limit now in this segment .
If it’s 8 fish when ever open that allows a better harvest right now when they are still abundant .

Curios to see what actually shakes out .

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Not miss information but a timing issue here Dan...

When we starting getting prepared for taking action, there was a study from the Science Center floating around, which if taken into account was predicting unfavorable recruitment because of the precited unfavorable spawning conditions in the future and a decline in the SSB. Projections from the science center in the past were consistently under projecting future SSB so that report was recently revised to be more favorable.

We need to see what actually happens at this next meeting as far as getting an increase in harvest and there are indications are that it will happen. We also need to remember that, an increase in harvest does not directly translate to less restrictive rec measures.

The other wild card here is the next wave of reporting for the 3rd quarter will need to be taken into consideration as well so we won't have a definitive on them and how they might influence measures until November. As we all know reporting is all over the place and very unpredictable and unreliable, you might as well be spinning a prize wheel. There's the possibility of increased landings because with an over abundance fish, you likely catch more fish and if you catch more fish and there are more discards as well, this can work against you.

Bottom line is although things are looking favorable right now, this is far from over and still lots of moving parts until the state people get to the point of deciding our state regulations.

Lets keep fighting and make comments on the meeting on Wednesday 8/13 and the details of that meeting are here

Thanks All!