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[Phone]

All,

Nice post Ken.  May I  add a bit to your last sentence. I only hope we are talking about the same species.

2019 Striped Bass Fishing Season Closures

Stripers are anadromous fish, which means that they spend most of their lives in ocean waters, but return to their natal rivers to spawn. The threshold for a healthy population is essentially the minimal required amount of spawning female stripers need for the species to survive. Its current value is 202 million pounds.

On the East Coast, Stripers often go by the name of “ROCKFISH” A whopping 90% of the total catch goes to the recreational fishery. Recent studies have shown that as many as 9% of the fish released don’t survive the stress they endure.  Anglers kept 2.9 million fish for the pot. They released 3.4 million that ended up dying. (C&R in the US is another thread)

BIG DEAL??? recreational striper fishing supported 472,000 jobs, generated $68 billion in sales impacts across the economy.

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[Ken L]

3 minutes ago, Phone said:

All,

Nice post Ken.  May I  add a bit to your last sentence. I only hope we are talking about the same species.

2019 Striped Bass Fishing Season Closures

Stripers are anadromous fish, which means that they spend most of their lives in ocean waters, but return to their natal rivers to spawn. The threshold for a healthy population is essentially the minimal required amount of spawning female stripers need for the species to survive. Its current value is 202 million pounds.

On the East Coast, Stripers often go by the name of “ROCKFISH” A whopping 90% of the total catch goes to the recreational fishery. Recent studies have shown that as many as 9% of the fish released don’t survive the stress they endure.  Anglers kept 2.9 million fish for the pot. They released 3.4 million that ended up dying. (C&R in the US is another thread)

BIG DEAL??? recreational striper fishing supported 472,000 jobs, generated $68 billion in sales impacts across the economy.

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Spelling error corrected - although I maintain that strippers get a lot of money moving through the recreational sector..

[Phone]

all,

Ken re-read the first sentence in the 2nd paragraph.  The dollar amount is astounding.

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[Ken L]

Over here, we decided to prevent recreational anglers from taking a few bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) for the pot so that the French could hoover them up with pair trawlers just prior to spawning....

Makes sense to me....

Edited March 21, 2020 by Ken L

[chesters1]

22 hours ago, Ken L said:

Spelling error corrected - although I maintain that strippers get a lot of money moving through the recreational sector..

Bugger i was just getting me tackle ready ,i thought raymond (of revuebar repute) had gone into commercial fishing as porn is so easy to find online

[Martin56]

On 3/21/2020 at 9:28 PM, chesters1 said:

Bugger i was just getting me tackle ready ,i thought raymond (of revuebar repute) had gone into commercial fishing as porn is so easy to find online

Give over chesters - It'd tek' ya' a fortnight to set up!! Me alike!! 

Edited March 23, 2020 by Martin56

[Phone]

KEN,

Disgraceful -  they broadcast millions of eggs in a relatively short temperature range in the spring.  The fry will hatch in 60 - 65 hours 

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