FISHERMEN/Letter concerning Striped Bass.....See Attached.

[Togfather2530]

Keeping 1 striped bass I meant to say

[june181901]

Could not open probably due to my computer ineptitude.

[Broad Bill]

Captain Ron I applaud the effort. Unfortunately the more logic yours or anyone else's comments includes, the more likely it will fall on deaf ears with the bureaucrats who manage these resources. Second, whens the last time public commentary actually played a role in decisions fisheries management made. Exploitation and economics drive decisions, states work individually to grab as much of the resources they can for themselves and by the time it reaches the level of the recreational angler, their concerns and interests aren't even considered into the decision making process. The only time fisheries management actually focuses on the health of a stock is after it's already fallen on the balls of its ass. Otherwise they use the term maximum sustainable yield which is just another way of saying exploitation of the resource and money grab for the powers to be. Combine that with the term "best available science" which means every piece of data decisions are being based on can be completely misrepresentative of what's going on in any fishery and the bureaucrats running these commissions and councils as well as the federal government have carte blanche to make decisions based on that same flawed data. It's a CYA term. The biggest problem with fisheries management today is they have an agenda and a narrative they want to push and they twist and manipulate data that's already flawed to support an end result they want. Completely opposite of the spirit of the Magnuson Stevens Act which was to use data in support of decisions intended to promote the health and sustainability of fisheries.