Ho....hum.
Let's see if I read this right.
We (read rec angler) catch 57.5 percent of the Stripped Bass caught in the bay. We don't want the amount we catch reduced, but, you can take the quota from the commercial user group and hold that in reserve in case one year we catch over what we are supposed too, and use that quota to appease the ASMFC.
A major problem will arise.
ASMFC will take Maryland's commercial quota and redistribute it to the states that have commercial fishing. To do other wise major federal law would have to be changed. Maryland doesn't have that much clout in Congress.
And I'm wondering if the majority of members of the MSSA who agree with the letter, think it will mean more allocation for rec anglers.
Last edited by reds; 11-17-2010 at 08:00 AM.
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