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    Default NYCRF Addendum III to Amendment 6 letter

    July 1 2012


    Ms. Kate Taylor
    Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
    1050 North Highland Street
    Suite 200A-N
    Arlington, VA 22201

    Dear Ms. Taylor;

    The New York Coalition for Recreational Fishing is writing this letter to express our positions on the pending Addendum III to Amendment 6 to the Atlantic Striped Bass Interstate Fishery Management Plan.

    Our overarching position is that the loopholes in the regulations managing the commercial harvest of striped bass should be closed, that more stringent measures should be taken to prevent overharvests, and more exacting penalties imposed for illegal harvest and sale of striped bass.

    Specifically, the Coalition supports the second option in each category. Therefore, we support uniform tagging, tagging at the point of harvest, a biological tag allowance to prevent overage, the demand of the states to account for unused tags, that states provide catch per unit effort data, and that tags remain affixed to the fish until the fish reaches the consumer.

    The Coalition has long been concerned about poaching (both recreational and commercial), illegal commercial harvests, and various means by which commercial anglers have been able to circumvent the intended management principles. Furthermore, the ongoing threat posed by Mycobacteriosis, poor recruitment in the last decade, and substantially increased fishing pressure in the last twenty years all threaten to undermine the proper and intended management of striped bass.

    Thank you for your time and consideration.

    Sincerely,

    William Young
    President – New York Coalition for Recreational Fishing

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    Default Re: NYCRF Addendum III to Amendment 6 letter

    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Farrell View Post
    July 1 2012


    Ms. Kate Taylor
    Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
    1050 North Highland Street
    Suite 200A-N
    Arlington, VA 22201

    Dear Ms. Taylor;

    The New York Coalition for Recreational Fishing is writing this letter to express our positions on the pending Addendum III to Amendment 6 to the Atlantic Striped Bass Interstate Fishery Management Plan.

    the demand of the states to account for unused tags, that states provide catch per unit effort data, and that tags remain affixed to the fish until the fish reaches the consumer.

    The Coalition has long been concerned about poaching (both recreational and commercial), President – New York Coalition for Recreational Fishing

    Tagging and poaching, 2 areas where there is no real assessment of the total extent of the numbers and the damage being caused. Way to go NYCRF.

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