It almost seems like they are giving a bigOriginally Posted by finchaser
This is how they make a statement since they can't net bass in NJ waters to keep as a bye catch.
Yes its perfectly legal as they can't keep them but they don't need to kill them either.they could scoop and release them,the scoops they off load bunker with are about 3 feet round.
to state officials?
This was in today's Asbury Park Press. They can't get herring so they are scooping up all the bunker. Contact your legislator and tell them you support the A2304/S1130 bills.
http://www.app.com/article/20100604/...bus-amendments
On bunker boats and omnibus amendments
By JOHN OSWALD ?€? STAFF COLUMNIST ?€? June 4, 2010
While many anglers thought the bunker boats that once plied New Jersey waters were a thing of the past, they're back. This time the boats are after the bunker for bait and not for the purpose of fish meal, cat food, fertilizer and the other products the reduction boats provided.
"These are bait boats, not reduction boats, so we're not seeing the massive, mechanized depletion of our coastal bunker stocks for the purpose of reduction," said Jim Donofrio, RFA's Executive Director.
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