I don't know all that science stuff out there, I only know what makes logical sence to me. What is wrong with designing your fishing regulations around a slot limit?
In Alaska I believe they have strict regulations for salmon, and they are strictly inforced.
If Florida they have slot limits for all sorts of fish, and woe to the fisherman who is caught with one ouside the limit!
In Canada they have trophy lakes for pike, and those lakes produce huge pike year after year because you have to put the fish back.
What would be the roadblock to having a slot limit for striped bass on the whole East Coast?
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