Massachusetts mismanages the wild striped bass fishery

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In this Cape Cod Times op-ed, Stripers Forever board member Dean Clark advocates for legislation under consideration in the Massachusetts that would establish new management goals requiring that the striped bass fishery be managed for its greatest economic value. Doing so would, over time, make wild stripers a recreational-only game species through the gradual attrition of commercial permits.

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