Mass. Striper Bill to be Introduced Next Week
Posted on | January 7, 2010 | No Comments
Massacheusetts House Bill 796, a bill which seeks to prohibit the sale and harvest of Strpied Bass, will be introduced in the Massacheusetts State House next week. According to an article published today in the Martha’s Vineyard Times, “The bill as now written prohibits commercial fishing for striped bass and directs the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) to create new rules that would only allow recreational fishermen to take one striped bass per day between 20 and 26 inches in length or greater than 40 inches in length. The so-called slot limit is designed to preserve sexually mature breeder bass but still allow for fishermen to take a trophy fish.”
HB 796 would also allow for the sale of aquaculture-raised striped bass.
Current Massacheusetts fishing regulations permit recreational anglers to creel two fish per day over 28″ in length. Commercial fishermen are allowed to take fish over 32 inches in length until the state’s quota, set by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, is reached.
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