Update.. Coastal meeting tomorrow for those of you that can make it.
Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association
"Preserving and Protecting the Rights, Traditions, and Future of Recreational Fishing"
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Action Alert
June 15, 2010
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Public Comment
Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources
June 17, 2010; 7:00 PM
Ocean Pines Library
11107 Cathell Road
Berlin, Maryland
Contact: Carrie Kennedy at (410) 260-8295
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For:
Draft Addendum II to Amendment 6 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass.
The intended purpose of the draft addendum is specifically to consider options to increase the coastal commercial quota of striped bass and revise the definition of striped bass recruitment failure.
Recreational anglers OPPOSE this draft addendum and insist on Option I: Status Quo; AND; that Maryland does not implement an equivilant reduction in recreational fishery to offset the increase in commercial quota.
The MSSA voted unanimously to oppose this draft addendum for numerous reason: out-of-control poaching of rockfish in the EEZ both in Virginia and North Carolina, poor management plan based on equity, and more importantly the greater value rockfish has to our state, and others, as a recreational or sport fish rather than a commercial fish.
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Let your voice be heard and attend one of the following meetings and/or submit written comment to:
(Public comment will be accepted until 5 p.m. on October 1, 2010)
Mail to:
Nichola Meserve, FMP Coordinator
1444 Eye Street, NW, Sixth Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Fax to:202-289-6051
Email to:
nmeserve@asmfc.org (Subject line: Striped Bass Addendum II).
Additional Public Comment Locations:
Please note the second meeting in Maryland on July 19 at the DNR building in Annapolis
Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
June 16, 2010; 7:30 PM
Richardson and Robbins Building Auditorium
89 Kings Highway
Dover, Delaware
Contact: Craig Shirey at (302) 739-9914
Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources
June 17, 2010; 7:00 PM
Ocean Pines Library
11107 Cathell Road
Berlin, Maryland
Contact: Carrie Kennedy at (410) 260-8295
Virginia Marine Resources Commission
June 28, 2010; 6:00 PM
2600 Washington Avenue, 4th Floor
Newport News, Virginia
Contact: Jack Travelstead at (757) 247-2247
Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources
July 19, 2010; 7:00 PM
Tawes State Office Building, C1 Conf. Room
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland
Contact: Carrie Kennedy at (410) 260-8295
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
July 20, 2010
Location to be determined
Contact: Leroy Young at (814) 359-5177