Proposed Changes to Fishery Management Plan

[member_87753]

How’s it going! I just wanted to make sure the community was aware of an amendment to the striped bass management plan being proposed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Amendment 7 would change the goalposts used to measure striped bass population and would redefine targets and thresholds for the striped bass population.

 

for more info: 

 

https://www.trcp.org/2021/03/03/pivotal-decision-point-impacting-striped-bass/

 

https://www.asmfc.org/files/PublicInput/StripedBassAm7PID_PublicComment_Feb2021.pdf

 

Public comment period is open until April 9th. 

 

There is a button to take action in the TRCP link so you can send a message to the commission (a prewritten message is provided) 

[jeffapeikin]

Well I want to take this opportunity to say I finally saw some adult bunker and would like to think that may have to do with the decision which allowed reduction of commercial menhaden harvest. A small victory but never less a possible victory.  let’s keep it up. 

[DeepBlue85]

Done, second email for me.... high and distant hopes