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Date: February 23, 2008 at 22:30:38
From: ken, [pool-64-223-43-111.prov.east.verizon.net]
Subject: Stripers Forever new press release |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 23, 2008 -- The striped bass stock assessment report released recently by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) fails to recognize that the recreational fishery for stripers on the Atlantic Coast is slipping away, according to Brad Burns, President of Stripers Forever.
“The spin message from the ASMFC assessment is that striped bass are not being over-fished,” says Burns. “But as commercial and recreational removals continue at historically record levels, anglers from North Carolina to Maine are catching fewer and smaller stripers. Even through the fog created by the ASMFC’s wildly vacillating stock assessment numbers, the real message is clear: by every measurement, fishing mortality on stripers is rising and the spawning stock biomass is shrinking”.
The full commentary by Stripers Forever on the ASMFC stock assessment report is available at www.stripersforever.org. under “recent items.”
Stripers Forever is an internet-based organization which advocates game fish status for wild striped bass by eliminating all commercial fishing for the species and managing the resource for the 3 million recreational fishermen on the Atlantic Coast who support an industry dedicated to striped bass angling valued at upwards of $2 billion.
For further information, contact Brad Burns by e-mail at stripers@whatifnet.com.
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