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NOAA closes recreational black sea bass fishery
Posted on 02 October 2009
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is temporarily closing federal waters north of Cape Hatteras, N.C., to recreational black sea bass fishing.
The 180-day closure, which begins Monday, is in response to recent landings data that showed recreational anglers may catch more than double their annual quota by the end of the year.
Landings data and scientific analyses show recreational anglers have reached their quota and could exceed their 1.14 million-pound harvest limit by as much as 84 to 225 percent if the recreational fishery is not closed, NOAA said in a statement.
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Regardless if you think the information is flawed, it is still the management plan that (by regulation) requires them to cease fishing when the quota has been reached. Otherwise, its just chaos. Would you rather have them the ability to do whatever they want just because they think they should or shouldn't. Its a process bound by rules and regulations, and really what is the worse case scenario you would rather have, a depleted stock, and fishing closed indefinitely, or a temporary closure, some short term economic losses (business devastated? really?). If you really truly back conservation and sustainability, you would not be so dang alarmist and putrid about this. Try to understand the process first.
Businesess from the Carolinas to Southern Maine are going to be devastated by this arbitrary decision by NOAA. My thanks to Soundings Trade Only for keeping the recreational boating and fishing industry updated on this news - and especially for running the RFA's recent 'position paper' on how this "fatally flawed" statistical data is being used at the federal level to destroy our coastal communities. Again, this 180-day closure is a direct results of the Marine Recreational Fishing Statistical Surveys (MRFSS) for 2009. NOAA is not recognizing the "best science" but using a analysis method proven by the National Research Council to be "fatally flawed" and in need of immediate remediation.