Fluke Stock Theory

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by hammer4reel

I have been saying it for years . It’s not only a NC issue .
It’s those long range boats that are fishing everything from NC up through Massachusetts.
Those 7 day boats hit Massachusetts waters early when fish are moving in .
Their limits were lowered , but 2 years ago they would catch 80 thousand pounds of squid . And 30 thousand pounds of fluke per boat for a 5-6 week period .

Nj boars could fish outside 3 mile line right next to them .
Nj boats were catching 3000 a week , while NC boats were catching 30000.

.they destroyed their fisheries , and have moved onto everyone else’s .

The rest of the states need to grow a set of balls and push for federal changes to protect their states interest .

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Yep!