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

[1captainron]

Originally Posted by hammer4reel

Because there has never been a united front demanding change .
The marches in Washington had better turn out from states thousands of miles away than it did from Nj .
We didn’t even fill 2 buses at the slowest time of the year for fishing either year
Would have thought we could fill 10 buses just with people from the NJ for hire fleet.

I remember that well Dan, I sat on that bus and watched the competition shape up that day, I was beyond pissed. I stayed active many years not looking for thanks but for survival. The clowns of years past are still the clowns today with nothing to show for themselves. Seems nothing will ever change.

[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

[Broad Bill]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

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.

Gerry I'm not familiar with the process and consequences of going out of compliance, I only remember when this was discussed back in 2018 it means closing the fishery involved to both recreational and commercial harvest. If true, there is no way the commercial sector or powers to be would allow that to happen not to mention the impact it would have on the recreational sector. Small business owners would get crushed.

Going higher up in NOAA won't help unless it involves a lawsuit as NOAA, NMFS and the Department of Commerce are the agencies directly or indirectly putting these ridiculous regulations in place.

Anyone every hear of the Boston Tea Party?