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Originally Posted by Relentless  Capt,
These dogfish are so out of control it is not funny. They are a mess wherever you go and we will never rebuild groudfish stocks with the way they are taking over the ocean. I fear what is next is the small tog, fluke, sea bass and anything else that gets in their way including stripers and blues. This year guys fishing live bluefish on kites were having packs of blues chowing down a live 10 LB bluefish only to see it reeled inwith a head, spine and tail. They are savages and these scientists are going to destroy the eco system if something is not done.
I also pray their is a market for them somewhere and prices allow our commercial fleets to target them, if not we are all screwed. no one is going to go out and land 5,000 LBS for .20 LB.
Dave |
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Hey Capt. Dave! This is Capt. Jason Colby; I'm glad to see we are on the same page in the "dogfish department. Those things are so thick that I'm sure the ocean is at least a foot deeper than before their comeback.
I read that scientist estimate that at least 80% of all juvinile cod are consumed by dogfish in the Gulf of Maine. I wonder why the cod stocks keep going down? ..........JC
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