The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and the Atlantic States Striped Bass Management Board voted to take emergency action today and reduce coastal (not Chesapeake Bay) harvest for striped bass, aka rockfish.The action requires coastal states to lower the top end of the striped bass slot size limit down from <35” to 31”.  This... Read more »

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