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Hence my shame.ĭo we not recall that, until very recently, Striped Bass in the Gulf of St. The problem is that there is little, if any, evidence to support these statements. MSA makes a number of statements in support of this proposal. The reason MSA proposes this slaughter is the perceived threat that Bass pose to the migrating Atlantic Salmon smolt population. They further recommend a commercial Bass fishery by First Nations. In the article, MSA is calling for an unrestricted Striped Bass angling season in the Miramichi estuary in order to reduce Bass populations.
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My shame arose after reading an article which appeared in the November 36th edition of the Telegraph Journal and which is reproduced on the MSA website. Today I am ashamed to be a member of the Miramichi Salmon Association. MAKE CATCH AND RELEASE MANDITORY NOW!!!!…………….Respectfully …….Bill Tomiello………… It’s time to rally every concerned sportsman and every local who somehow derives part of their income from the fisherman to protect EVERY Atlantic entering your river and allow them to rebuild the stocks of fish and the future of your region. Poaching will always be a problem until the mindset of a culture changes, and that might take too long for the salmon to survive. They are somehow revered by some locals as a “Billy the Kid” hero type. The culture of the poacher on Canadian Salmon rivers is the same as that of the moonshiners here in the states. You can banter about the seals, striped bass, commercial fishery,poachers and believe they all have something to do with the failing returns,(which they most likely do) but to eliminate any mortality by “sportsmen” is allowing any fish that has avoided the seals, striped bass, commercial fisheries and poachers to make it to the spawning grounds. At this point I view the killing of any fish as “legalized poaching”.It’s a hard position to “sell”, especially to the locals who have killed fish for generations, but it’s as clear as the nose on your face….if you don’t do something now, it might just be too late. With the extremely low returns, EVERY fish is important to increase spawning numbers. It is clearly time for a manditory catch and release on all salmon AND GRILSE in your system. It’s not just about the dollars and cents that trouble me, it’s the apparent lack of respect people have for a failing fishery to do what is necessary to try to save it. You have a hard decision to make to keep people like me from finding another place to spend their money. Think how it makes a visitor feel when he spends his hard earned dollars, buys a “catch and release” license, and watches locals kill their alotted fish, along with their entire families allocation while the numbers of fish are seeming to disappear. Without good numbers of fish in the river, visitor numbers will follow. It is clear to me that the numbers of salmon (and grilse) in the system have dropped to perilous levels. Having travelled the roads to the Miramichi for 30+ years from N.J., the past two years have been a troubling ride home. It’s not justifiable and as such we shouldn’t have to concede. If history is any indication, once closed…it’s closed. I would only caution that one wants to be very careful with what they ask for. I remain adamantly opposed to any closures for this reason but fully support the efforts being made to protect our trout and salmon stocks.Īlways difficult to try and find some middle ground and I certainly respect your position on this. Difficult to argue the fact that recreational angling for other species in these waters has had a negative impact on this population…(I for one would dearly love to see the hard data that exists to support such a claim). I would have seen it as being far more appropriate to suggest the current practice of no angling or targeting of the species during this time frame.
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This would appear to be almost contradictory to some of the earlier and very well made points including that of a thriving population with more spawning fish than “ever before in living memory.” This with no such closure having previously been in place. Why a recommendation for closure of any part of the river to recreational angling for other species as part of a proposed management plan for striped bass? Great comments and suggestions on gear restriction(use of barbless hooks), gill and trap net fishery impacts, etc…