NY plans to ban shad fishing to help save species

[The Straight Story]

NY plans to ban shad fishing to help save species

September 1, 2009 By The Associated Press MARY ESCH (Associated Press Writer)

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — State regulators plan to ban commercial and recreational fishing for American shad, saying the population remains at its lowest record level despite efforts to restore it by restricting fishing.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation will hold three public meetings in September to explain the move and the steps to be taken to save the species. The ban will take effect before the next shad fishing season starts next spring, department spokeswoman Maureen Wren said Tuesday.

Shad, like salmon, hatch in rivers, spend their adult lives at sea and return to their inland birthplaces to spawn. In 2007, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission conducted a coastwide assessment of American shad and concluded that the Hudson River shad stock has declined dramatically since the 1990s.

The 15-state fisheries commission released a draft management plan last week that proposes a variety of protection options, including a coastwide moratorium on shad fishing, shad fishing restrictions and maintaining the status quo. Public hearings will be scheduled and comments will be taken until Oct. 22.

Kate Taylor, fishery management plan coordinator for the commission, said states can impose stricter regulations.

http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/ny-plans-to-ban-shad-fishing-to-help-save-species-1.1414198

I didn't even know there was a problem with the number of shad.

[opihimoimoi]

1. Who the fuck was in charge of FOOD PRODUCTION during the past 10 years?

For 8 long years Bush did shit...coulda woulda shoulda but got crap...

FOOD IS GOLD

W/O Food we die

Read the Math....6.7 Billion....on Earth.... that we know of....might be 7 Billion....point is..

in 5 years it will be close to 7.5 billion

in the mean time....declining natural food stocks....EQUALS...DISASTER in the SHORT TERM....

Bush blew it on the Food Front

[Xithras]

2. We have plenty of them out here in California

At some point in the 1800's someone transplanted American Shad from the east coast into the San Francisco bay, and they've been flourishing up and down the Pacific coast ever since. While out populations are down, they're still very healthy.