Environment DEC
From the October 2003 issue
Developing Hudson River Fishing Regulations
The new public information document, Preliminary Options for Striped Bass Recreational Fisheries in the Hudson River, is one of the early steps in DEC's development of state regulations for recreational fishing of striped bass in the Hudson River Estuary.
The document is intended to provide background and foster discussion on New York's options in managing minimum size limits, possession limits, terminal tackle restrictions, spawning area fisheries and measures to reduce the impact of catch-and-release fishing. The options discussed in the document are consistent with the recommendations of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Striped Bass.
Striped bass
The FMP standard for recreational fisheries is a two-fish creel limit combined with a 28-inch minimum size limit per fish. The FMP also provides a mechanism for states to implement alternative management strategies, provided that such strategies can demonstrate equal or greater conservation benefits than the FMP standard. Alternative management strategies, such as a smaller minimum size limit, may be implemented by individual states, subject to review and approved by the ASMFC's Striped Bass Technical Committee and Management Board. In New York State, current harvest regulations for striped bass of the Hudson River Estuary include a one-fish creel limit, and a minimum length of 18 inches.
You may obtain copies of Preliminary Options for Striped Bass Recreational Fisheries in the Hudson River by contacting: NYS DEC, Attn. Andrew Kahnle, 21 South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, New York, 12561, (845) 256-3072; or NYS DEC, Attn. Victor Vecchio, 205 North Belle Mead Road, East Setauket, NY 11733, (631) 444-0476. You may also e-mail DEC's Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources to request a copy.
Written comments on the document are invited and should be sent to Andrew Kahnle or Victor Vecchio.
