bunker to be cut by 37%

[hookset]

If you do the math, it looks like a 5% reduction. That doesn't seem to be significant at all. It looks like another smoke and mirrors job.

[porgy75]

So really that means no progress?

[finchaser]

all BS to me final vote in 2012 and if approved as new evidence can be submitted against it, wouldn't go into effect until 2013

[SurfPlug]

If you do the math, it looks like a 5% reduction. That doesn't seem to be significant at all. It looks like another smoke and mirrors job.

It sure reads that way . . .

[jigfreak]

Kill all the bunker. 90% of the surf and boat guy would stop fishing because they don't know how to tie their shoes without a piece of bunker on the hook. Simple solution, bass saved.

[finchaser]

Kill all the bunker. 90% of the surf and boat guy would stop fishing because they don't know how to tie their shoes without a piece of bunker on the hook. Simple solution, bass saved.

couldn't have said it better watch if they win and tackle shops want $5.00 a bunker how they will cry there are tons of bunker just lest less fish to eat them since the snag and drop pro's have killed most of the breeding stock

[clamchucker]

the snag and drop pro's have killed most of the breeding stock

It gets me sick to see the carnage that happens in the Spring bunker blitzes. I was once part of that, so I am guilty as well. And in the 70's, I and a lot of my friends killed a lot of striped bass. And the weakfish, we used to catch them from Fortescue in the Delaware bay by the trash can full. We did a lot of damage to the stock back then but did not know any better.
Now we know better and have a better handle on the fish stocks. Because this is so, we should put the striper before the bunker. The striper generates billions in revenue from the recreational side and supports many local businesses and helps local families. In the 70's Fortescue was known as the weakfish capital of NJ. The economy there and the businesses that benefitted from fishing were booming. Once the weakfish population crashed in the Delaware, that area started to decline.
These things need to be considered as part of the big picture. For that reason the striper should be the main focus of any committee. Bunker are important, but as was mentioned here, even if you vastly increased the amount of bunker, you would still have less stripers. We need to concentrate on the stripers first.

[hookset]

kill all the bunker. 90% of the surf and boat guy would stop fishing because they don't know how to tie their shoes without a piece of bunker on the hook. Simple solution, bass saved.

amen!

[dogfish]

If you do the math, it looks like a 5% reduction. That doesn't seem to be significant at all. It looks like another smoke and mirrors job.

Yeah, but the guy who started the movement now gets more $$ to fight, and buy a new car with.