Having endured seven hours of ASMFC striped bass meetings between October and December two things are clear: striped bass are in trouble and the people charged with managing the species are unwilling to admit they have failed to protect them. The options on the table for 2025 are unlikely to succeed and the current […]
In advance of the ASMFC Striped Bass Board meeting on December 16th and public comment deadline of December 10th (more on that in the near future), the commission will be holding an “Informational Webinar to Review Technical Report“. From the ASMFC: The Commission will host an Informational Webinar on Thursday, December 5 at 6 […]
Last Wednesday, October 23, 2024 the Striped Bass Management Board met durning the ASMFC 2024 Annual Meeting. It was a six-hour meeting and we came away with mixed feelings. There are clearly some board members who refuse to admit (publicly) that wild Atlantic striped bass are on the brink of another collapse. Rather than accept […]