NJ considering closing black sea bass fishery

[eppefour]

The agenda for next week's meeting of the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council has been revised to include the discussion of a potential emergency closure of the 2009 recreational black sea bass and scup fisheries.

The Marine Fisheries Council discussion will focus on the outcome of a September 1 meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Board. The ASMFC Board meeting is in response to information regarding available black sea bass preliminary recreational harvest estimates and projections, which indicate that harvest will likely result in significant quota overages.

The Marine Fisheries Council meeting will be held on Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. at the Galloway Township Library, Jimmie Leeds Road, Absecon, New Jersey.

[lowbudget]

Yes it is great RAFA and all the other clowns that pad there pockets with your money that you give them better wake up.All the pots would be off the reefs but thay are not aluod to catch their 30 Thousand quta until october so the pots sit killing fish. Good job just put a toll booth at every inlet.

[frank daleo]

Yes it is great RAFA and all the other clowns that pad there pockets with your money that you give them better wake up.All the pots would be off the reefs but thay are not aluod to catch their 30 Thousand quta until october so the pots sit killing fish. Good job just put a toll booth at every inlet.

you just gave them the idea.