Monty
02-28-2015, 01:26 PM
Paul Haertel and Tom Fote and the JCAA.You are selfish, ignorant and are screwing the recreational fishermen. Also how the heck is Fote still representing this state when he is either clueless or corrupt? Anyone care to explain that?
JCAA President's Report http://www.jcaa.org/JCNL1503/1503Pres.htm
by Paul Haertel
(from Jersey Coast Anglers Association March 2015 Newsletter)
I would like to thank Don Marantz and Tom Siciliano for their many years of service to JCAA. Don stepped down as 2nd VP and Tom stepped down as Recording Secretary. Fortunately both will continue to serve in other capacities. I would also like to welcome Ken Warchal as our new 2nd VP and Mary MeElroy as our new Recording Secretary. Thanks for volunteering!
The striped bass legislation is progressing as anticipated and we will have a 2 fish bag limit with one fish from 28 inches to less than 43 inches and a second fish 43 inches or greater. Tom Fote, Rob Winkel, Edward Markowski and I attended the hearing on the Striped Bass Bill at the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on February 12. I spoke in support of the bill for JCAA Rob for NJSFSC and Ed for NJOA. Tom spoke as the ASMFC Commissioner and surprised me by also discussing summer flounder and other ASMFC issues with the Committee.
The bonus program will continue. Two options are currently being considered, 1 fish at 28? or larger or 1 fish from 24-28?. Recently, there has been a lot of misinformation regarding New Jersey?s bonus bass program on the internet. I do not recall the exact date but it was about 30 years ago that striped bass were declared a no-sale or gamefish in New Jersey. At that time NJ decided to use its commercial quota for the benefit of its recreational fishermen. This is done because NJ wanted to conserve the bass and was fearful that if we gave up our quota it would be reallocated to other states. The program initially was a trophy tag program but evolved into a bonus bass program where fishermen who have a bonus card are allowed to keep one extra bass over 28?. Over the years NJ never came close to filling its allotted quota. In recent years and as far as I know probably for many years, NJ?s quota was 321,750 lbs. With the new addendum there was a mandated cut of 25% which results in the quota now being 241,313 lbs. In 2013 NJ harvested only 6,096 lbs. of stripers from its quota of 321,750 lbs. That is a big savings compared to what would have happened if we allowed commercial fishermen to net them. Due to stricter overall regulations, tags will be more in demand than in the past but I don?t think we will harvest anywhere near that quota. Options to tighten up the monitoring of the program are being considered.
JCAA President's Report http://www.jcaa.org/JCNL1503/1503Pres.htm
by Paul Haertel
(from Jersey Coast Anglers Association March 2015 Newsletter)
I would like to thank Don Marantz and Tom Siciliano for their many years of service to JCAA. Don stepped down as 2nd VP and Tom stepped down as Recording Secretary. Fortunately both will continue to serve in other capacities. I would also like to welcome Ken Warchal as our new 2nd VP and Mary MeElroy as our new Recording Secretary. Thanks for volunteering!
The striped bass legislation is progressing as anticipated and we will have a 2 fish bag limit with one fish from 28 inches to less than 43 inches and a second fish 43 inches or greater. Tom Fote, Rob Winkel, Edward Markowski and I attended the hearing on the Striped Bass Bill at the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on February 12. I spoke in support of the bill for JCAA Rob for NJSFSC and Ed for NJOA. Tom spoke as the ASMFC Commissioner and surprised me by also discussing summer flounder and other ASMFC issues with the Committee.
The bonus program will continue. Two options are currently being considered, 1 fish at 28? or larger or 1 fish from 24-28?. Recently, there has been a lot of misinformation regarding New Jersey?s bonus bass program on the internet. I do not recall the exact date but it was about 30 years ago that striped bass were declared a no-sale or gamefish in New Jersey. At that time NJ decided to use its commercial quota for the benefit of its recreational fishermen. This is done because NJ wanted to conserve the bass and was fearful that if we gave up our quota it would be reallocated to other states. The program initially was a trophy tag program but evolved into a bonus bass program where fishermen who have a bonus card are allowed to keep one extra bass over 28?. Over the years NJ never came close to filling its allotted quota. In recent years and as far as I know probably for many years, NJ?s quota was 321,750 lbs. With the new addendum there was a mandated cut of 25% which results in the quota now being 241,313 lbs. In 2013 NJ harvested only 6,096 lbs. of stripers from its quota of 321,750 lbs. That is a big savings compared to what would have happened if we allowed commercial fishermen to net them. Due to stricter overall regulations, tags will be more in demand than in the past but I don?t think we will harvest anywhere near that quota. Options to tighten up the monitoring of the program are being considered.