State resolution against sea bass closure

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State senator Sean Kean- R- Monmouth has introduced a resolution in the NJ state senate opposing the sea bass closure for 6 months. The closure started on Oct 5th. Many sea bass are still found inside the 3 mile limit but they tend to be smaller. As the water gets cold they will move off shore.

Although the closure of the black sea bass fishery is in federal waters three miles off the coast, State Sen. Sean Kean, R-Monmouth, has introduced a New Jersey Senate resolution opposing the six-month closure of the black sea bass fishery.
"It is unfair to take such a drastic measure and restrict fishermen when other conflicting reports show that the quota for black sea bass will not be exceeded," he said. "Local anglers should not be punished as a result of this flawed data."
The most recently approved stock assessment, published in 2009, reported that stocks of black sea bass are not being overfished and it indicates that the black sea bass stock has been at or above target levels for the entire past decade.
"The harvesting of black sea bass is essential to our state's recreational fishing industry as well as to the state's coastal economy," said Kean.
The action by Kean is supported by RFA which is preparing a lawsuit against the closure.