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Fishing News
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Written by Rod Houck
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Thursday, 07 April 2011 13:20 |
 NJ Saltwater Fisherman will have another year of an 18
inch minimum size limit on summer flounder for the 2011 Fishing Season.
The Marine Fisheries Council voted unanimously at its meeting
Thursday afternoon and approved the following NJ Summer Flounder Fishing Regulations.
Bag Limit : (8) Fish @ an 18 inch minimum size limit
Season : From May 7 through Sept. 25
 Source The APP
The 2011 summer flounder season will run from May 7 to Sept. 25
and will allow anglers to keep up to eight fish at 18 inches or larger.
This was Option 2, selected from four possible options on the table
Thursday at the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Commission meeting in
Absecon. The new regulations increase the number of fish that can be
kept by two over last season and enable anglers to fish deeper into the
fall.
The season will be 142 days long.
Paul Haertel of the
Jersey Coast Anglers Association and an advisor on the fluke committee
said Option 2 was by far the favorite among those in attendance at the
packed meeting.
Haertel also said the matter of black sea
regulations was raised at the meeting but that no decision was made. A
recent ASMFC mandate has decreed that New Jersey must achieve a 40
percent reduction in black sea bass landings in 2011. It is possible
this requirement will be appealed.
John Oswald: 732-643-4245;
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Written by Jim Hutchinson, Jr
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Monday, 04 April 2011 16:06 |
Recreational Fishing Alliance (NY)Â
Contact:Â Jim Hutchinson, Jr. / 888-564-6732Â Â For Immediate Release
Â
 NY SALTWATER ANGLERS DO NO NOT NEED A LICENSE TO FISH!
Question Answered As New Budget Immediately Repeals Saltwater Fishing Fee
New York's saltwater anglers are officially off the hook with regard to paying a fee to fish!
  Governor
Andrew Cuomo's new $132.5 billion budget passed before the April 1
deadline immediately repeals the saltwater fishing license and replaces
it with a free registry coordinated through the state Department of
Environmental Conservation (DEC). Swapping out a fee-based saltwater
fishing license with a free registry should allow New York to retain its
federal registry exemption, thereby allowing state anglers to avoid
having to pay a $15 federal fee to fish. As part of the Environmental
Conservation budget bill, the registry will be no cost to anglers for at
least the next two years.Â
Â
According to state Senator
Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), an agreement secured through leaders from the
senate, assembly and governor's office last week helped pave the way for
the repeal, which includes a full refund of the lifetime license fee
($150), no reduction to the balance of the Conservation Fund and an
additional $1.9 million in General Fund support for Marine Bureau
operations. Also effective immediately, party and charter boat captains
no longer have to buy a $400 annual saltwater license to cover their
passengers.
Sen. Zeldin, who helped spearhead senate
efforts to repeal the saltwater user fee, also said the DEC's Marine
Bureau will not be responsible for paying for jobs for which it assumed
responsibility in 2009, and added that full compliance with the federal
saltwater fishing registry requirements means New Yorkers will not have
to purchase any separate registrations.
"This is a
piece of legislation that is very important to the needs of my
district," Zeldin told NewsLI.com. "I would like to thank not only my
senate and assembly colleagues who spent hours listening to me and
working with me, but I would also like to thank the thousands of
fishermen, including the Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA), who
called, wrote, faxed and signed our petition," stated Senator Zeldin.
In
February, Senator Zeldin introduced a bill (S3638) to repeal the
saltwater fishing license fee, and has been working the halls of the
Capitol ever since to bring a broad coalition together to fight for its
repeal. The budget agreement finalized by Governor Cuomo's approved
budget now sets the Conservation Fund balance at $22.2 million as of
today, with a projected balance totaling more than $38 million in the
fund as of April 1, 2012.Â
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Written by Rod Houck
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Thursday, 31 March 2011 03:55 |
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Below are the options for the 2011 Fluke/Summer Flounder Regulations. That will be decided at the State Marine Fisheries Council meeting April 7 at 4 p.m. at the Galloway Township Library.Â
2010 Target = 997,000 fish      Preliminary 2010 Harvest Estimate = 593,677 fish
2010 Regulations: 18? size limit; 6-fish bag limit;
open season from May 29 to Sept 6 (101 days)
2011 Target = 1,335,000 fish
1. 18 inches  8 Bag limit Season May 14 ? Sept 18  Days Open 128 Liberalization 62%
2. 18 inches  8 Bag limit Season May 7 ? Sept 25   Days Open 142 Liberalization 77%
3. 17.5 / 18 inches  1 / 5 bag limit  Season  May 21 ? Sept 5 Days Open 108 Liberalization 81%
4. 17 / 18 inches  1 / 5 Bag limit Season May 28 ? August 28 Days Open 93  Liberalization 81%
Option 3 with the dual size limit of 17.5 / 18 inches 1 / 5 fish reads as follows:
1-fish greater than or equal to 17.5-inches plus 5-fish greater than or equal to 18-inches
MORE COMMENTS AND INFO HERE
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Written by Jim Hutchinson, Jr.
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Thursday, 24 March 2011 05:18 |
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NEW YORK'S SALTWATER LICENSE TO BE
REPEALED
User
Fee Will Be Gone in 180 Days - Replaced By Free Registry
New
York's saltwater fishing license is being repealed!
According
to the Associated Press, New York lawmakers and the Cuomo administration have
just reached an agreement to end the state's $10 annual saltwater fishing
license and replace it with a free registry for the state's coastal
waters. Legislators announcing the change yesterday say it will
cover two years.
The
Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) received a "high priority" email sent
through DEC channels yesterday afternoon regarding the license repeal, noting
that budget discussions between Governor Cuomo and the New York state
legislature helped facilitate the repeal effort, which is said will take place
in the next 180 days.Â
Last
Tuesday, March 15th, a Senate Budget Resolution calling for the repeal of the
MTA Payroll Tax for public and private schools, as well as full repeal of the
saltwater fishing license was passed in the New York Senate. "I
made clear from the beginning of the Budget process that I would not support any
new taxes or fees," Sen. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) said last week.
Sen.
Zeldin, a Long Island saltwater angler, last month introduced legislation in the
New York Senate (S3638) which would amend the environmental conservation law in
relation to establishing a registration system for saltwater recreational
fishing, essentially repealing that part which mandates that a fee to fish be
levied on saltwater anglers. Â Under the Senate Budget Resolution
passed last week, the saltwater fishing license and fee would end with the
expiration of the current 2011 license.........
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