I believe the overall harvest (for Striped Bass) for the east coast is presently 70% recreational catch, 30% commercial.
And yeah, ASMFC meetings are a lot of politics. Just remember without the politics, Maryland would still be a producer state without any harvest.
The ASMFC proposed commercial increase in Striped Bass harvest has nothing to do with the Chesapeake Bay Quota...That's written in stone at 42.5% of the quota.
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