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		<title>Florida FWC Votes to Make Bonefish a Gamefish</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Hubbard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida FWC approved new rules for for Bonefish. Effective July 1, 2011 the 1 fish daily bag limit is abolished and bonefish are catch and release only. Bonefish may be targeted only with hook and line gear and the new rule allows temporary possession for photographs and documention of a record catch. The rule changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASMFC Striped Bass Board Initiates Addendum to Reduce Fishing Mortality</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Capt. John McMurray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board has initiated development of Draft Addendum III with the goals of reducing striped bass fishing mortality (F) up to 40% and further protecting spawning stock when it is concentrated and vulnerable. The addendum was initiated in order to allow managers to promptly respond to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commercial Quota Increase for Striped Bass Denied</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Capt. John McMurray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a strong effort from the commercial sector, the proposal to increase the commercial striped bass kill was overwhelmingly shot down this afternoon. ]]></description>
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		<title>Public Hearings on Proposal to Increase Commercial Harvest of Striped Bass Harvest in NY Next Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Capt. John McMurray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NY's Striped Bass hearing is on July 21st.  Please try and attend.  ]]></description>
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		<title>When &#8220;free&#8221; isn&#8217;t free</title>
		<link>http://www.reel-time.com/articles/when-free-isnt-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Capt. John McMurray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Candus Thomson, Outdoors Baltimore Sun, June 18, 2010 So New York lawmakers and leaders of the Recreational Fishing Alliance are drooling all over themselves because the state Senate passed a bill to repeal its $10 saltwater fishing license and replace it with a free angler registry. As Bugs Bunny would say, &#8220;What a bunch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States Schedule Hearings on Striped Bass Commercial Increase: Public Comment Accepted Until Oct 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Capt. John McMurray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[States Schedule Hearings on Striped Bass Draft Addendum II: Public Comment Accepted Until October 1]]></description>
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		<title>STRIPED BASS TAKE A BEATING IN NY-BIGHT EEZ</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Capt. John McMurray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An unsustainable number of pre-spawn bass are being slaughtered in an illegal fishery. ]]></description>
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		<title>ASMFC Continues Effort to Increase Commercial Bass Harvest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 18:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Capt. John McMurray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gamble to increase commercial take by up to 50 percent heads for public hearings]]></description>
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		<title>ASMFC Approves Commercial Increase Addendum for Public Comment</title>
		<link>http://www.reel-time.com/articles/saltwater-fishing/asmfc-approves-commercial-increase-addendum-for-public-comment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reel-time.com/articles/saltwater-fishing/asmfc-approves-commercial-increase-addendum-for-public-comment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 14:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Capt. John McMurray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[See below…  Fishing hard and trying to keep my head above water at my day job, so no time to comment in detail on this right now, but any regular reader of this column knows what the deal is.  Very quickly, before reading the below press release, keep in mind that there is some new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IS OBAMA BANNING FISHING!?</title>
		<link>http://www.reel-time.com/articles/saltwater-fishing/is-obama-banning-fishing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Capt. John McMurray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A widely inaccurate ESPN article sets off national panic]]></description>
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