[schoolman]

Moratorium

Moratorium yes!! Sure I

 

[schoolman]

Moratorium

Here's my 2 c's:
Moratorium, yes!! Sure, I am aware of the consequences to many, but if we don't do something soon there will be nothing to discuss in the future and we can kiss off flounder fishing for our grandchildren and the rest of mankind. It baffles me that so much effort and more stringent regulations have been put into fluke and scup recently, despite the fact that they recovered nicely more than 2-3 years ago. Are our fish managers, the DEC and NMFS, blind or is fishy politics the reason, as was implied by someone on this board earlier?
Frustrated I am, as are countless other flounder diehards. Let's do something! How about it folks?

 

[schoolman]

I agree, we are the problem, recs and commercials alike. Remember how the 200 mi. limit was the answer to our fish population problems. Well, as it turns out we could have nameed it the Greed Act ("Greed is good"....ala Michael Douglas in Wall Street). All we did was rename the culprit from the Portuguese, Russians, etc. to us, the Americans. I laugh out loud and quietly cry sometimes when I read the postings about the current "good" flounder catches. Let's get real. 19 flounder is not good when caught by 25 anglers. T There are so few to be had and yet we continue to decimate the population. We need an authority to tell us that we can not take them until they return to our waters. I honestly can't by into any of the cormorant, power plant, striped bass, and seal theories. With the exception of nuclear plants, I remember them all being around when I was a kid and the flatfish populations were thriving and flourishing. We are the problem....we, homosapiens of the fishing kind

 

[schoolman]

I agree, we are the problem, recs and commercials alike. Remember how the 200 mi. limit was the answer to our fish population problems. Well, as it turns out we could have named it the Greed Act ("Greed is good"....ala Michael Douglas in Wall Street). All we did was rename the culprit from the Portuguese, Russians, etc. to us, the Americans. I laugh out loud and quietly cry sometimes when I read the postings about the current "good" flounder catches. Let's get real. 19 flounder is not good when caught by 25 anglers. That means 6 or more (probably more when you consider the high hook sharpies) did not catch and paid close to $50 to do so. There are so few winter flounder to be had and yet we continue to decimate the population by fishing for the few that are left. We need an authority (NMFS or DEC) to tell us that we can not take them until they return to our waters. I frankly can't buy into any of the cormorant, power plant, striped bass, and seal theories. With the exception of nuclear plants, I remember them all being around when I was a kid and the flatfish populations were thriving and flourishing. We are the problem....we, the greedy and foolish homosapiens of the fishing variety.

Striped bass recovered, why not the flounder? Let's not wait too long. Do something NOW!!!