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jross — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:54:07 +0000

very informative, thanks for the up date.

Comment on The unimportance of fishing to the public….. by Cape Cod 19

Cape Cod 19 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:16:01 +0000

I don’t want to buy a dragger Phil, but thanks. I have fluke landings before there was a fluke permit. I agree that there are waaay too many hook permits, I wrote Phil Coates a letter about this a long time ago. Unlike most of the other hookers, I actually earn my living doing this and have for twenty years, so I think I deserve equal access.

Not to poke fun, but I think you mis-spoke when you asked –

If not for the five to ten thousand pounds our dragger and other draggers each landed weekly May thru October, what would your fishery be like?A very short season to say the least.

First off, at 300#/day on fluke, that’s only 1500#.s a week, but to answer your question, if there were no dragger landings, the price would go through the roof and the season would be longer.

As far as I know, the quota we have now is not based on the old landings but on more recent landing?

Why would I want a dragger? I can catch 300 #’s of fluke a day (I used to) and use a fifth the fuel. No dockage, no gear to maintain, no wondering if the boat is OK at night, etc…….

Comment on The unimportance of fishing to the public….. by phil michaud jr

phil michaud jr — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:41:56 +0000

I understand some of your frustration as a hook fisherman,perhaps you could buy a dragger and join us,there’s many for sale.
I do remember some of the serious hook fishermen back in the eighties that helped massachussetts get it’s quota,there numbers have increased ten fold or more,our permit numbers have dropped.
If not for the five to ten thousand pounds our dragger and other draggers each landed weekly May thru October, what would your fishery be like?A very short season to say the least.
Today many hook fishermen benifit from the quota draggermen established why complain?

Comment on A typical day in mid June…. by Joe Macari

Joe Macari — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:44:48 +0000

Same drill here in RI…(except 100 lbs..sometimes 50 after June 1); only caveat is my market is on the way home from ramp. Whats nice, is at least this year, daily limit should stay at 100 lbs because of increased quota from ASMFC. Fluke has always been a nice fill in between bass/scup.

Comment on Pass me the oysters……where’d the clams go in Cotuit? by Cape Cod 19

Cape Cod 19 — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:50:27 +0000

Yeah – it’s an algae that blooms every year when the water is the right temp.
The stuff is showing up in more and more places and it’s killing stuff like shellfish spat and juvenile fish etc…… I guess the folks who live in all those great big houses
don’t see it or don’t care? Point and flush?

Comment on Pass me the oysters……where’d the clams go in Cotuit? by crazyclammer

crazyclammer — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:52:32 +0000

John, not just the southside…
when i was digging in buzzards bay, we had the brown mat. This stuff would come in when the water got real cold. In some places, it is so thick, you can’t get a bullrake through it. it literally covers the bottom like a mat and it is amazing that shellfish even continue to grow in some of these areas. The only saving grace is that once the water warms, the mat seems to dissipate. No clue what it is.

Another area in buttermilk bay develops a brown weed, very fine, but grows in such bulk, that again, chokes out the bottom. In areas that used to be paved with steamers and quahogs, this weed has suffocated the bottom dwelling species out of existence in many places. so sad. all for the water front views.

i heard a long time ago from a biologist, that you can tell how healthy an inshore ecosystem is by how many bay scallops you find. It seems the scallops are the most vulnerable of all the shellfish we find, and that the environment has to be just right for them to grow. I guess you could say the same for the eel grass, which is why 99% of the time when you find one, you find the other.

Comment on The myth of game fish – why sport isn’t better by Joe Macari

Joe Macari — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:44:49 +0000

Good read….keep up the good work;

Comment on Bass Bill Dead In The Water? For Now Maybe…… by crazyclammer

crazyclammer — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:12:38 +0000

someone said it…not sure who. Sundays are a big day for landings. why not just get rid of sunday selling and add another week day? im sure there is no logical reason why…

Comment on Selfish? by crazyclammer

crazyclammer — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:05:17 +0000

well said John. I fear that many of your brothers put their own self interests before the interests of an entire community, and this is something that has gone on for many many years.