I do believe the bass are a problem. Last year very few of the bass I caught appeared well fed and I did not find a single preyfish in the stomach of a bass.
99.9938095% reduction in the measured population over the dam. If ever the folks at NMFS need to take a step a back and start connecting the dots from an eco-system perspective, IT IS NOW and it is this fishery
The slaughter will take place again this summer. If there was ever a fishery that needed an Emergency Closure it is the Gulf of Maine herring fishery. How this is getting under the radar at NMFS make me nuts.
Valinn - I think your observations confirms the sistuation.
I am disappointed in the DEP press release becuase (IMO) it should higlight the risk to the Stiped Bass population because of the herring population crash - not point to the Bass as a potential factor.
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