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Post by finatic on May 20, 2023 9:16:28 GMT -5
For striped bass, rock fish starting May 26th @ 6:06 PM. The slot for harvesting these fish in CT is 28" to 31". Down from 35" last season. Does this vary from state to state or is this for all waters.
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Post by fishnfool on May 20, 2023 10:21:02 GMT -5
Our slot for the chesy bay is 19" to 31" 1 fish per angler. In prior years during the summer there was no maximum size restriction, just a minimum size.
Most fish tend to fall in this size during the summer anywho, low to high 30"'s is a big summer fish down here. These are the better eating sizes anyway.
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Post by Twisted on May 20, 2023 11:34:25 GMT -5
Same for Massachusetts, 28"-31", one fish. As always the problem will be enforcement.
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Post by finatic on May 20, 2023 11:47:22 GMT -5
It gets tricky for us fishing NY,NJ,CT,RI and Mass. Some days it's possible to fish in multiple states and when the regulations change from state to state there's potentially big fines. I know with sea bass this is the case. Sea bass is open in CT but closed in NY, however it's the same body of water.
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Post by fishnfool on May 20, 2023 12:54:55 GMT -5
Probably an Atlantic Fisheries Commission regulation, so it's multi-state for coastal waters same as the 3 mile limit.
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Post by hookedup on May 21, 2023 6:16:17 GMT -5
On May 9th the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries created the new regulation, so it's everywhere along the east coast.
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Post by nickbhw on May 22, 2023 12:28:57 GMT -5
It looks like NJ has a 'bonus' program with a permit:
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Post by finatic on May 22, 2023 15:15:04 GMT -5
There you go they all vary somewhat.
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Post by hookedup on Jun 27, 2023 12:50:28 GMT -5
New 10knot rule still being evaluated. This from BoatTest:
Boating Industry vs. NOAA: Hearing on Capitol Hill Over Offshore Speed Limits | BoatTEST
Female right whales and their calves are most vulnerable to vessel strikes because they come to the surface to rest. Photo: Georgia Department of Natural Resources taken under NOAA permit 20556
An oversight hearing held on Capitol Hill this week brought the boating industry and ocean conservationists face to face over a controversial plan to extend 10-knot offshore speed limits to boats as small as 35 feet.
The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held the hearing titled “Examining the impacts of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) proposed changes to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule.”
NOAA is proposing changes to current speed restrictions to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from vessel strikes. Right now, the mandatory 10-knot speed restriction includes vessels 65 feet and larger; that would expand to include boats 35 feet and larger. The existing Seasonal Speed Zones would also cover larger areas.
The agency is acting on an increasingly dire situation for right whales. This extremely endangered species has less than 350 individuals remaining and an Unusual Mortality Event has been ongoing since 2017.
In defense of the proposed action, NOAA Deputy Administrator Janet Colt pointed out that as we are nearing the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, no animal under its protection has gone extinct.
And this rule would help keep it that way, Conservation Science Associate Vice President Ocean Jessica Redfern said. She explained that expanding the speed restrictions to 35 feet is necessary because “at least four of the 13 documented lethal vessel strikes in US waters since 2008, involved vessels smaller than 65 feet.”
But the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) said the proposed speed restrictions would be “devastating” for the $230 billion recreational boating and fishing industry, citing 314,000 jobs that would be in danger.
Plan is to extend 10-knot offshore speed limits to boats as small as 35 feet.
In the hearing, Frank Hugelmeyer, President and CEO of NMMA, said the 10-knot limit would be dangerous for boats traveling offshore. “[It is] essentially requiring Americans to risk their vessels and their own lives in unpredictable seas by going the speed of a bicycle,” he testified.
The American Pilots Association agreed. Executive Director Clayton Diamond told the committee it’s dangerous transferring pilots between boats and ships, and sometimes speed becomes a good faith safety decision.
Fred Gamboa, an offshore fishing captain from New Jersey, said safety is his concern, too. “Line of sight and maneuverability are optimized when my bows are on a plane at well above 10 knots. Speed provides me with the ability to monitor approaching weather conditions and react by returning to the dock before conditions become hazardous.”
Gamboa estimated that a 10-knot speed limit would result in a direct loss of over 70 trips with an estimated economic loss of over $140,000 for his business. He wants more time for the involved parties to figure out another solution to protect the whales.
He also expressed privacy concern about NOAA’s intended use of the Automatic Identification System (AIS) navigation tool to enforce the vessel speed rule on recreational boats. AIS is used as a collision avoidance tool. It’s possible boaters would disable their AIS to avoid being caught speeding, increasing the risk of vessel collisions.
Right whales spend time resting at the surface and are susceptible to boat strikes.
As for next steps, Colt pointed out that there was a public comment period for the proposed rule, which closed Oct. 31, 2020. NOAA received over 90,000 comments that will be used to “inform NOAA’s final action.”
Redfern said the new rule would help female right whales and their calves, who spend time resting at the surface where boat strikes often happen. Protecting mother whales is a most effective way to restore the population, according to Redfern. “Females have incredible reproductive potential…If we stop killing them, they can come back and we can prevent their extinction.”
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Post by abouttime2fish on Jun 27, 2023 14:45:17 GMT -5
13 strikes. In 15 years. And they think this is the problem?? What morons. Climate change is BS too. Defund them all.
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Post by jerryk on Jun 27, 2023 14:53:43 GMT -5
13 strikes. In 15 years. And they think this is the problem?? What morons. Climate change is BS too. Defund them all. "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." --Ronald Reagan
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