Wilson wrote:
> sometime in the recent past parrotheada1a posted this:
>
>> On Jun 28, 9:05 am, Dan Logcher > wrote:
>>
>>> Wilson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Obviously folks are much busier now than through the rest of the year,
>>>> so I hope everyone is enjoying getting out and around. Not much
>>>> going on
>>>> here except a bit of Red Tide which has shut the shellfish industry
>>>> down
>>>> periodically. Lobster landings are down too - combination of lobster's
>>>> tricky migrations and $4.75 (was $5.00)/gal diesel prices hurting
>>>> everything. Tighten you belts and keep cash on hand, stay near home and
>>>> enjoy the little things (while they're still affordable.) ;-)
>>>
>>> Yeah, its been real busy lately.. And the sad part is I haven't had
>>> much
>>> sushi as of late. I did catch a nice fat 33" Striped Bass back on
>>> the 3rd.
>>> My kids loved eating sashimi from it..
>>>
>>> I also most never have clams nowadays, and Lobster only on special
>>> occasions.
>>> Redtide has come thru Massaschusetts once again. Maybe the higher
>>> fuel prices
>>> will keep some lobstermen off the ocean, and allow them to rebound.
>>> Just looking
>>> for a silver lining.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dan
>>
>>
>> Hey Dan, I spent the week up at Hampton and can give you some local
>> scoop about lobstering. Seems that trapping for lobsters is becoming
>> tougher all the time. Reason being, that lobsters are a bycatch of
>> commercial groundfish boats and scallop draggers. Although federal
>> regulations and licensing are enforced, the fishermen are now allowed
>> to keep the legal sized ones, while tossing the young'uns over the
>> side. I was informed that the feds raised the license prices again,
>> ( what else is new?), and that drove many boats off the water too.
>> Still, I was able to get 3 pounders for 8 .00/ lb from a local source.
>> Supermarkets are somewhat cheaper depending on where you go, but they
>> sure as hell are not any fresher. Lots of the independent lobster
>> shacks are disappearing.
>
> And much of that bycatch is dead when tossed back into the sea, which
> doesn't help any either.

Yeah that always bothered me.. Let drag up everything from the bottom and
toss away the dead small stuff that would grow to the full size we want.

--
Dan