Stripers Forever members - a bill in the NY legislature, A07487, to prohibit the sale of striped bass taken from the Hudson River through 2015 has passed both the Assembly and Senate. This bill now must be signed by Governor Cuomo. We have been informed that he is surprised that he has not heard more from recreational fishermen. Let's change that right now! After helping their ocean-fishing counterparts wipe out the shad population, the netters would like nothing better than to get at the Hudson's striper population. Let's not let them ruin that fishery too.




Here is a simple suggestion for a note to Governor Cuomo. Use or modify it as you wish:




Dear Governor Cuomo - please sign A07487 right away. The coastwide ocean fishery for striped bass is among the most popular and valuable of all saltwater fisheries, and it is already in a state of decline. Commercial fishing both in and outside of the Hudson has destroyed the once great shad fishery, and we cannot allow the destruction of the striped bass fishery as well. The ASMFC is already proposing a 50% reduction in the coastwide catch of striped bass in 2012. This is no time to consider new fishing pressures on this resource. The passage of A07487 will show that your administration is serious about conservation, and give guides and recreational fishermen the confidence to make capital investments in their businesses and equipment.


Sincerely;




Copy and paste the message above - or your message - and send it to http://www.governor.ny.gov/contact/GovernorContactForm.php.


Note that due to the amount of spam that the Governor receives you have to jump through a few hoops to get your message out, but it is not that difficult and is very much worth it. I just did it myself, and it's not that tough. When the web page opens up select contact us. The rest is easy. Please do it today.




The passage of this bill into law will be a great thing for striped bass conservation.




Brad Burns,


President of Stripers Forever


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IMO they will sell them and say they weren't caught in the river no sale in NY like Jersey would save fish, not just from the river. You can tell election year on it's way just more smoke being blown up our as__. No commercial opposition either, imagine that.

I added to my letter if he really wants to help save bass then make the sale of Striped bass illegal in all of New York

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