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An angling conservation organization is calling for 10-year moratorium on harvesting striped bass in an effort to help rebuild the depleted stock of the popular fish.
The call by Stripers Forever comes as the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission seeks to amend its Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Striped Bass for an area stretching from Maine to North Carolina.
According to the ASMFC, its 2018 Benchmark Stock Assessemnt indicates that the Atlantic striped bass stock is overfished and overfishing is occurring. In 2019, 87% of the estimated 5.4 million striped bass that were caught were landed by recreational anglers. Commercial catches are regulated on a coastwide quoata system. ASMFC is now seeking public comment through April 9 on regulating the striped bass fishery. Comments can be emailed to comments@asmfc.org.
Conservation Group Calls for Striper Break
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This striper was released into Vineyard Sound.
Coastal angling conservation group Stripers Forever is calling for a 10-year moratorium on the recreational and commercial harvest of striped bass,
The push came in answer to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s request for public input on managing the striped bass fishery.
“Bold, decisive action is needed to prevent a collapse of the fishery like we saw in the late 1970s,” said Mike Spinney, a member of Stripers Forever’s national board of directors. “An emergency moratorium was adopted in 1984 and is the only approach proven to work. We are calling on recreational anglers, conservationists and anyone who depends on a healthy coastal ecosystem for their economic well-being to stand with us and demand that a moratorium be adopted now.”
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