9/16 NJ Striped Bass Public Hearing 6-8PM

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by bunker dunker

well ill bet if the things we"fight" for went our way once in awhile,there would be more support.we have had our own elected officials lie right to our face.we try everything from fund raising,protests,marching on dc and more,just to be
lied and forgotten about.its really quite sad but lets face facts,its all about the monies and who is making it.the real sad part is that we only ask for"fair" regs.

A fair point Dunker... It is discouraging and frustrating because things typically have not gone our way. In fact, when is the last time we've had an increase on anything? It always gets worse, not better.

A big tell in my mind is what they do with Seabass next year since it's been 2x rebuilt, based on their own data. If we don't get significant increases in measures and regs, they've totally lost the public trust. Enough is enough and we may have to use some nuclear options like go out of compliance or go higher up in NOAA and call them out.

There is no way they pass the red face test on this since a decision to give us nothing is totally illogical and unacceptable!

It also seems to me that've