• RFA officially files black sea bass suit - Asbury Park Press
  
• Atlantic striped bass stock assessment positive - Asbury Park Press
  
• Is catch-and-release a threat to rockfish? - Washington Post
  
• Outdoors column: Oyster shell conservation on rise - Myrtle Beach Sun News
  
• Northern Shrimp season set at 180 days - Foster's Daily Democrat
  
• Outdoors: Heavy rain slows strong striper fishing - Annapolis Capital
  
• Outdoors: Preseason trolling a hot issue - Annapolis Capital
  
• Outer Cape Lobstermen's Association regroups - Wicked Local Provincetown
  
• L1 - AJA/ASMFC : M.Chapron au sifflet - AS-Monaco.net
  
• Amical - NO/ASMFC : Les compos - AS-Monaco.net
  

Conservation

Striped Bass Quota Rollover Defeated

Earlier in the week at the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Council 68th Annual Commission, which was held in Newport, RI, the commission voted 8-6 on against opening allowing bigger catches in Chesapeake Bay and elsewhere. In addition, they defeated the proposal to allow states to roll over unused parts of their commercial harvest quota from one year to the next.

STRIPED BASS ROLLOVER PROPOSAL DEFEATED!

ASFMC Denies Increase in Commercial Striped Bass Harvest
Anglers rally to defeat proposal for commercial sector to kill more fish
Coastal Conservation Association commends the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) for denying a proposal to increase the commercial harvest of striped bass at its meeting this week in Newport, Rhode Island. The proposal would have allowed [...]

STRIPED BASS ROLLOVERS… ANOTHER BAD IDEA…

Addendum II will comprise yet another small but real drain on striped bass
Today is 10/8… It’s 5:00PM and I’m on a train home from the Striped Bass Advisory Panel (AP) meeting. I have to mention that I’ve been awake since 3:00AM and I’m running purely on caffeine at the moment so please excuse the likely [...]