The New Jersey Outdoor Alliance has provided these updates as striper regulations are formed in the Garden State.
By John Toth
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] meeting of the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council’s committee on striped bass was held at the Nacote Creek station on December 3rd along with its advisor’s to develop a new striped bass statute that affects size and possession limits proposed for 2015. The following is a quick update on the results of this meeting:
![By Raver Duane, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://flylifemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/saxatilis_fish.jpg)
By Raver Duane, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The Council is moving forward with two proposals to comply with the Atlantic State Marine Commission’s (ASMFC) mandate that our striped bass quota be reduced by 25% during 2015. To comply with this directive, the Council is considering two options and both of them allow for a possession of two striped bass. These options are NOT FINAL and they still have to approved by the ASMFC’s technical committee to ensure that they meet the 25% reduction. It is better to give this technical committee at least two options to review in the event one of them does not meet the technical committee’s approval. Only one of these two options can be our striped bass regulation for 2015.
1. 1st striped bass – 29 inches to 36 inches., 2nd fish – 36 inches and above (26% reduction).
2. 1st striped bass – 28 inches to 42 inches, 2nd fish 42 inches and above (24% reduction).
