Comments on: Bass Population Increase Hurts Local Fishermen http://www.skrebellion.com/news/bass-population-increase-hurts-local-fishermen/ The school newspaper of South Kingstown High School Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:37:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: chesapeake bay fishing http://www.skrebellion.com/news/bass-population-increase-hurts-local-fishermen/comment-page-1/#comment-5319 chesapeake bay fishing Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:14:15 +0000 http://www.skrebellion.com/?p=956#comment-5319 That's sad that the stripers have a negative impact on other fisheries. I wish you could just take all of the stripers and send them down my way. We need them down here :). That’s sad that the stripers have a negative impact on other fisheries. I wish you could just take all of the stripers and send them down my way. We need them down here :) .

]]> By: Striperguy http://www.skrebellion.com/news/bass-population-increase-hurts-local-fishermen/comment-page-1/#comment-5318 Striperguy Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:20:05 +0000 http://www.skrebellion.com/?p=956#comment-5318 Seth, If you'd managed to do any research beyond speaking to commercial fishermen with a vested interest in this issue, you'd have found out that there are a multitude of factors behind declines in lobster and eel populations, with striped bass falling way, way down on the list for either species. The whole idea that striped bass, a species that's coexisted for millenia with both eels and lobster is all of a sudden going to eat them into extinction is ludicrous. Oh yeah, and coastwide striped bass populations are showing a marked downward trend - with managers and fishermen coastwide (including in RI) very concerned for the future of the fishery. Next time do your homework. Seth,

If you’d managed to do any research beyond speaking to commercial fishermen with a vested interest in this issue, you’d have found out that there are a multitude of factors behind declines in lobster and eel populations, with striped bass falling way, way down on the list for either species.

The whole idea that striped bass, a species that’s coexisted for millenia with both eels and lobster is all of a sudden going to eat them into extinction is ludicrous.

Oh yeah, and coastwide striped bass populations are showing a marked downward trend – with managers and fishermen coastwide (including in RI) very concerned for the future of the fishery.

Next time do your homework.

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