10-28-2010, 10:19 AM
There is a letter that you can copy and put your own name town & State. I have alredy sent mine and sent information to friends. So if you really care about fishing fresh or salt this is for you. What I did is copied and rearranged and removed arrows.
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From: "Dean Phillips" <[url "mhtml:{488CC568-91E1-4C12-8702-C152F57C3744}mid://00000399/!x-usc:mailto:deanhphillips@yahoo.com"][#417394]deanhphillips@yahoo.com[/#417394][/url]>
To: "'Office of the Governor'" <[url "mhtml:{488CC568-91E1-4C12-8702-C152F57C3744}mid://00000399/!x-usc:mailto:governor.office@nc.gov"][#417394]governor.office@nc.gov[/#417394][/url]>
Cc: "'Daniel, Louis'" <[url "mhtml:{488CC568-91E1-4C12-8702-C152F57C3744}mid://00000399/!x-usc:mailto:louis.daniel@ncdenr.gov"][#417394]louis.daniel@ncdenr.gov[/#417394][/url]>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 10:12 PM
Subject: [Cfrg] Striped Bass, ASMFC Vote
> Dear Governor Perdue:
>
> As a resident of North Carolina and I am writing to ask that you direct
> Louis Daniel to cast his vote on the Atlantic States Marine Fishery
> Commission against the proposed increase in the commercial striped bass
> quota.~ Here are the reasons why:
>
> The Chesapeake Bay young of the year index had another poor year in 2010.
> The average for the last five years is 6.8 compared to 22.09 for the
> previous 5 years and 22.38 for the 5 years beginning in 1996. This is an
> alarming downward trend that indicates there will be many fewer adult
> striped bass in the population in the coming years.
>
> The claimed decrease in the commercial catch of striped bass is just not
> true.~ Commercial quotas have been caught annually and have not
> decreased.~
> The given commercial catch numbers do not include the well-documented
> illegal harvest of stripers along the Atlantic coast.~ Even a modest
> estimate of the illegal harvest would materially revise the commercial
> catch
> upward.
>
> The total recreational catch of striped bass - numbers of fish caught and
> released as well as those kept or harvested - dropped by more than 50%
> between 2003 and 2009 while the commercial catch was essentially
> unchanged.~
>
> It is never a surprise when some commercial striped bass fishing advocates
> attempt to increase their catch beyond responsible levels; it has happened
> time and again in the history of commercial fishery management, in species
> after species. After a near total collapse in the striped bass population
> during the 1980s due to overfishing, a moratorium on most harvesting of
> this
> species caused striper's numbers to recover rapidly. Now it seems that we
> have forgotten the lesson we should have learned.
>
> This is not a time to increase the harvest of striped bass, commercially
> or
> recreationally.~ Even the National Marine Fisheries Service has voted
> against this commercial increase. Fishing mortality should be cut back
> and
> not expanded. When you consider that the average recreational fisherman on
> the East Coast was responsible for harvesting less than a single fish for
> the entire season, it is clear that the commercial catch should be
> decreased, not increased.~Please direct Louis Daniel to vote accordingly.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dean Phillips
> Topsail Island, NC
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Cfrgnc mailing list
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Phillips" <[url "mhtml:{488CC568-91E1-4C12-8702-C152F57C3744}mid://00000399/!x-usc:mailto:deanhphillips@yahoo.com"][#417394]deanhphillips@yahoo.com[/#417394][/url]>
To: "'Office of the Governor'" <[url "mhtml:{488CC568-91E1-4C12-8702-C152F57C3744}mid://00000399/!x-usc:mailto:governor.office@nc.gov"][#417394]governor.office@nc.gov[/#417394][/url]>
Cc: "'Daniel, Louis'" <[url "mhtml:{488CC568-91E1-4C12-8702-C152F57C3744}mid://00000399/!x-usc:mailto:louis.daniel@ncdenr.gov"][#417394]louis.daniel@ncdenr.gov[/#417394][/url]>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 10:12 PM
Subject: [Cfrg] Striped Bass, ASMFC Vote
> Dear Governor Perdue:
>
> As a resident of North Carolina and I am writing to ask that you direct
> Louis Daniel to cast his vote on the Atlantic States Marine Fishery
> Commission against the proposed increase in the commercial striped bass
> quota.~ Here are the reasons why:
>
> The Chesapeake Bay young of the year index had another poor year in 2010.
> The average for the last five years is 6.8 compared to 22.09 for the
> previous 5 years and 22.38 for the 5 years beginning in 1996. This is an
> alarming downward trend that indicates there will be many fewer adult
> striped bass in the population in the coming years.
>
> The claimed decrease in the commercial catch of striped bass is just not
> true.~ Commercial quotas have been caught annually and have not
> decreased.~
> The given commercial catch numbers do not include the well-documented
> illegal harvest of stripers along the Atlantic coast.~ Even a modest
> estimate of the illegal harvest would materially revise the commercial
> catch
> upward.
>
> The total recreational catch of striped bass - numbers of fish caught and
> released as well as those kept or harvested - dropped by more than 50%
> between 2003 and 2009 while the commercial catch was essentially
> unchanged.~
>
> It is never a surprise when some commercial striped bass fishing advocates
> attempt to increase their catch beyond responsible levels; it has happened
> time and again in the history of commercial fishery management, in species
> after species. After a near total collapse in the striped bass population
> during the 1980s due to overfishing, a moratorium on most harvesting of
> this
> species caused striper's numbers to recover rapidly. Now it seems that we
> have forgotten the lesson we should have learned.
>
> This is not a time to increase the harvest of striped bass, commercially
> or
> recreationally.~ Even the National Marine Fisheries Service has voted
> against this commercial increase. Fishing mortality should be cut back
> and
> not expanded. When you consider that the average recreational fisherman on
> the East Coast was responsible for harvesting less than a single fish for
> the entire season, it is clear that the commercial catch should be
> decreased, not increased.~Please direct Louis Daniel to vote accordingly.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dean Phillips
> Topsail Island, NC
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Cfrgnc mailing list
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