Our state government needs to grow a pair and tell the feds to stick it. They need to keep the state fishery open, which they can do, and only check bag limits within the three mile limit. Leave the rest of the ocean to the coasties. This has been done in the gulf with the red snapper. Something drastic needs to happen. Can we not start a petition?? I know someone will chime in and say the feds will hold back federal funds. How do we know until it’s tried??
DNR doesn’t seem to want to do what you’re suggesting.
Too much of their funding comes from the feds.
Hard to get our state leaders to go against DNR.
Our DNR’s funding is quite a bit different, in terms of their funding sources, from the states you’ve heard about who aren’t enforcing fed regs in state waters.
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Well, well…It appears that the states of NY, RI, and CT are doing exactly whay I just reccomended with the Porgies or “scup” up there. I just got the e-mail from the RFA. The feds are closing it down Sept 27th, but the state fisheries are staying open. Wonder Woman Haley needs to grow a pair and do the same thing here with bsb. She can get together with Perdue in NC and stand firm. Maybe someone can post the article. I have to get to a meeting.
Recreational Fishing Alliance
Contact: Jim Hutchinson, Jr. / 888-564-6732
For Immediate Release
September 29, 2011
CT, NY & RI TELL PORGY ANGLERS TO KEEP ON FISHING
Officials Cite Economic Emergency and Healthy
(9/29/2011) It’s official, coastal anglers in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island
can keep on fishing for porgies (scup) for the rest of the season!
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CTDEEP), the
New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) and the Rhode Island Department
of Environmental Management (RIDEM) have each announced that their respective recreational
porgy fisheries will remain open through the end of 2011. The recreational porgy
season had been scheduled to close on September 27; however, the three adjoining
states have rescinded the closure due to the health and abundance of the coast-wide
scup population.
For anglers fishing from shore or on private vessels, the minimum size (10-1/2 inches)
and bag limit (10 fish) remain unchanged during the extended season. For passengers
fishing from a party or charter vessel, the current 40-fish bag limit remains in
place only through October 11; thereafter, the bag limit returns to 10 fish. The
11-inch minimum size for those anglers fishing aboard party or charter vessels remains
unchanged through the rest of the year.
“A combination of healthy fish stocks and harvest levels far below existing quotas
have made it possible for Connecticut to take this action,” said David G. Simpson,
Director of Marine Fisheries for CTDEEP. “This opportunity will benefit anglers
and tackle shops alike. It is a direct result of coast-wide conservation measures
enacted over the last decade that have successfully restored scup populations.”
In their official release, NYDEC said they were officially "extending the season