Wonder where your stripers went

[BUCKTAIL WILLIE]

Stripers Forever members - Recently we received a copy of a letter from an eyewitness referring to discarded bycatch of striped bass in an area east of outer Cape Cod. You can read the letter by clicking on this link. (http://www.stripersforever.org/Info/Stripers_BBoard/I010C4115) This bycatch, whether by mid-water herring trawlers or groundfish draggers, is well known to be an annual occurrence during the peak of the fall migration. This kind of waste, combined with the bloated take of the legal and black market commercial striped bass fisheries, certainly contribute to the numerous reports we've received this season about poor striper fishing from many areas along the Atlantic coast.


These dead fish should certainly be counted towards commercial striped bass quotas, but they are not. In fact, we think that they are uncounted not only for quotas but also when calculating the overall fishing mortalities that fishery managers use in setting harvest levels. The bottom line is that this is just another important reason that there should be no commercial striped bass fishery.

[RyanF]

I just got the second email with a link to a video taken at the same location. Not sure if I can post it because it links into another forum. I have to be honest, this is disgusting and really pisses me off but the video is not as damaging as they make it out to be in my opinion. Dont get me wrong, breeder sized fish barley clinging to life swimming circles on the surface makes me want to vomit, but it is hard to truly quantify what is going on.

RyanF

[smellinfishy]

That is horrible:mad::fighting:
Wonder how many of our tagged ones were there??:huh:

[phish4fun]

this was posted and then locked down in db forum

[smellinfishy]

this was posted and then locked down in db forum

Only fish there once in a while so I don't look there. Locked up pretty quick with no negativity:huh: Still sucks

[Vitalsigns]

Why locked?

[SunGoddess]

i contacted the mod about it, he said he didnt want it to start anything.

[bdubbs]

that made me sick... why doesnt anyone up there stop these netters????:confused:

[TheBayStalker]

This is absurd. Something needs to be done.:eek:

[GREGK]

Only fish there once in a while so I don't look there. Locked up pretty quick with no negativity:huh: Still sucks
if your are and member of stripers forever (why lock it down?:huh:)
it is open info:confused:if your are not a member JOIN NOW!!!!!:thumbsup:it can only help
power to the people we vote we have a voice and dam(e)
it we should use it.talk to your commite person/rep at the polls they want your votes make them listen,it is a big election SOO
I VOTE I FISH STOP THE WRONGS AND MAKE IT RIGHT
THERE HAS GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY THAN WASTE THAT FISH.GOD THERE ARE HOMLESS THAT COULD BE FED WITH THE BYCATCH INSTEAD OF WASTING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
COME ON.......OUR GOVERNMENT DONT SUCK THAT BAD DO THEY
dont answer that

[smellinfishy]

if your are and member of stripers forever (why lock it down?:huh:)
it is open info:confused:if your are not a member JOIN NOW!!!!!:thumbsup:it can only help
power to the people we vote we have a voice and dam(e)
it we should use it.talk to your commite person/rep at the polls they want your votes make them listen,it is a big election SOO
I VOTE I FISH STOP THE WRONGS AND MAKE IT RIGHT
THERE HAS GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY THAN WASTE THAT FISH.GOD THERE ARE HOMLESS THAT COULD BE FED WITH THE BYCATCH INSTEAD OF WASTING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
COME ON.......OUR GOVERNMENT DONT SUCK THAT BAD DO THEY
dont answer that

I am a member, and I think that slaughter sucks, the mods are shut down happy

[mdub1226]

Absolutely sickening. Thanks Willie for posting. Everyone here should be Striper Forever members as far as I'm concerned.