This info off of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries...public comment hearing info at the end of this post: 1. Striped Bass Management (322 CMR 6.07) a. Commercial i. To comply with recent changes to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Striped Bass Management Plan, DMF will reduce the commercial quota by 25%; and ii. To address the unlawful sale of striped bass retained on closed fishing days, require commercial fishermen fishing on closed fishing days to mark striped bass that meet the commercial minimum size by removing a pectoral fin and prohibit fish with a pectoral fin removed from entering commerce. b. Recreational i. To comply with recent changes to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Striped Bass Management Plan, DMF is proposing to reduce the bag limit from 2-fish to 1-fish and maintain the existing 28-inch recreational minimum size; and ii. Accept comment on adopting alternative measures for anglers onboard for-hire vessels to allow a 2-fish bag limit at a higher minimum size. Options include: 1. 2-fish bag limit with a 33-inch minimum size; or 2. 2-fish bag limit with one fish between 28 and 36 inches and one fish of at least 40 inches. Start Time: 10:00 AM Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Katharine Cornell Theater Tisbury Town Hall 54 Spring Street Tisbury, MA 02568 Start Time: 6:00 PM Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Admiral’s Hall Massachusetts Maritime Academy 101 Academy Drive Buzzards Bay, MA 02532 Start Time: 12:00 PM Thursday, January 15, 2015 Nantucket Community Room 4 Fairgrounds Road Nantucket, MA 02554 Start Time: 6:00 PM Tuesday, January 20, 2014 DMF Annisquam River Station 30 Emerson Avenue Gloucester, MA 01930
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:09:28 +0000