The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)
convenes this Thursday, August 8th at 8:30AM in Alexandria, VA, to discuss the three
options outlined in Draft Addendum VI that will establish year 2020 management
policies regulating the pressured Striped Bass fishery. The American
Saltwater Guides Association (ASGA) has prepared an action
alert webpage detailing the agenda items which will
undoubtedly motion the commission’s contentious vote of action, and additionally,
the ASGA VP/Policy Director, Tony Friedrich, even addressed a letter to the
board commissioners and staff yesterday that implores from
scientifically-founded rationale (and a recreational angling perspective)
a critical urgency for conservation of the spawning stock biomass (SSB) and
species at-large by ending overfishing within one year, and through application
of established ASMFC guidelines, a rebuilding of the stock to the current SSB within
ten years. I recommend bookmarking and referring to the informative ASGA blog for all ASMFC policy-making updates and matters applicable to the Striped
Bass fishery.
The Striped Bass spawning stock biomass is at a pivotal
crossroads of perpetuating future sustainability for all millions of economic
parties involved. Let’s only hope that the gravity
of our collective voices may help benefit the outcome of sensible ASMFC policy
over the coming months so these famed-fish get the fighting chance they now
pointedly need - and deserve - as a
resource we all devotedly depend upon as fishermen.
Click here
to email your Striped Bass Board commissioner
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