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JCAA Newsletter

June 2005
NOTICES
 !! Striped Bass Petition - 2 Fish at 28 inches !!

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Membership

At this point, most clubs have paid their dues and this financial support is critical for the JCAA to achieve its goals.  However, a number of clubs have not renewed their membership.  There is strength in numbers, and the JCAA can receive more clout in Trenton with a larger membership.  There are so many challenges that recreational anglers face with restrictions on........

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Steve Sloan - Friend and Comrade - By Tom Fote

It is with great sadness that I learned that Steve Sloan had passed away.  The last time I saw Steve was the Somerset Fly Fishing Show in January.  He brought his grandson........

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Loss of a Steward of the Marine Resource - By John Koegler

Steve Sloan a noted sportsman and environmental activist passed away on April 28, 2005. He is survived by his loving wife Nannette (Nancy). They had two children, Suzanne and Robert.He was an avid and skilled angler. He accumulated 44 IGFA certified world fish records, an achievement not likely........

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JCAA FLuke Tournament, Bigger and Better for 2005 - Celmer
Mark your calendar for June 11th (fishing) and June 17th (ceremony). This year’s tournament promises to be the best tournament in Jersey Coast history: super port prizes - 120 of them - and a fun time for all while you help JCAA maintain its ability to fight for your fishing rights. This tournament, in its eleventh year, is now one of the largest fishing events in the country........

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9th Annual Barnegat Bay Festival - June 25th
On Saturday, June 25th, the Barnegat Bay National Estuary Program and Ocean County College will be hosting a festival to honor a wonderful resource of national significance – the Barnegat Bay.  Everyone is invited to visit Ocean County College (OCC) between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 25th to enjoy good times, great music........

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President's Report   by Bruce Smith

The High Roller Raffle winners were drawn at the general meeting April 26. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who participated. The following are the High Roller Raffle drawing winners for 2005..........

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Youth Education Report by Greg Kucharewski
The membership of the Absecon Saltwater Sportsmen held another successful youth fishing event for children under sixteen years old on Saturday, May 14, 2005.  This is the sixth year they provided a bluefish tournament for children.  The participants had refreshments and prizes as part of the celebration.  Great job, guys! ....

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Fisheries Management & Legislative Report by Tom Fote

There have been some very productive meetings about the budget crisis at the Division of Fish and Wildlife.  When I met with John McCormac, (State Treasurer), he responded positively to our concerns and was familiar with the problems at DEP.  We also had a great information day at.....

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Funding NJ's Fisheries

There have been some very productive meetings about the budget crisis at the Division of Fish and Wildlife.  When I met with John McCormac, (State Treasurer), he responded positively to our concerns and was familiar with the problems at DEP.  We also had a great information day at .........

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Mercury Switch-removal Bill Enactment

JCAA was part of a coalition that challenged the big three U.S. automakers and forced them to help pay for the removal of mercury switches before their cars are recycled.  Foreign manufacturers removed all mercury switches beginning in 1992.......

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NJ Steel Industry/Environmental Coalition Applauds Mercury Switch-Removal Bill Enactment
Members of the New Jersey Partnership for Mercury-Free Vehicles today hailed Governor Richard J. Codey’s signing of A-2482/S-1292, legislation requiring the removal of mercury switches from scrapped vehicles before they are melted down in steel mills and foundries to produce new products .........

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ASMFC Meeting Week

The ASMFC met the week of May 9th and some of the board meeting summaries are below.  To get the full summary go to www.asmfc.org. Bruce Freeman and I fought hard to use a 43% conservation equivalency, but the Winter Flounder Board turned down NJ’s proposal. The state will have to go back to the drawing..........

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Summer Flounder, Scup & SeaBass Management Board Meeting Summary

The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved Draft Addendum XVII for public comment.  Addendum XVII proposes a program wherein the Board could subdivide the recreational coastwide allocation into regions..........

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Weakfish Management Board Meeting Summary

Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s Weakfish Management Board authorized development of an addendum to Amendment 4 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Weakfish to address stock declines. The action is taken in response to the latest stock assessment,..........

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Winter Flounder Management Board Meeting Summary

Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s Winter Flounder Board approved state proposals (ME through DE) for the implementation of Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Inshore,..........

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Atlantic Menhaden Management Board Meeting Summary

Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board approved sending forward Draft Addendum II to Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden for public comment ,..........

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European Eel - An Endangered Species (Sea River Newsletter)

The eel is well known by the general public, but do they know that this species is endangered? If emergency measures are not taken quickly, eels could well slip between our fingers one last time. Patrick Lambert, an engineer at the Cemagref laboratories in Bordeaux, has been ,..........

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DEP Deploys Tanker on Artificial Reef Site

(05/60) BARNEGAT LIGHT - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today deployed a decommissioned navy tanker on the state’s Garden State North artificial reef site. The deployment will help to improve New Jersey’s artificial reefs and is one of the programs,..........

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Highly Migratory Species Report by John T. Koegler

NOAA through NMFS has proposed major changes in HMS fisheries management. The key issue is combining the billfish advisory panel with the tuna advisory panel as one body. The big problem is billfish are strictly a recreational fish and the tuna advisory panel has an overwhelming commercial majority......

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Striped Bass

Striped Bass Fishermen Want Their Voices Heard by John Gieser, Asbury Park Press

Striped bass fishermen who want to make the striper the exclusive property of recreational anglers have launched what is probably their most intensive campaign thus far. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-NJ, has introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to prohibit the commercial harvesting of Atlantic coast stripers.....

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Calendar of Events

 

  • June 5th-11th National Fishing Week
  • June 6th-9th ASA & MFCN Meetings in DC
  • June 11th FLUKE TOURNAMENT
  • June 14th-16th MAFMC
  • June 17th FLULE TOURNAMENT AWARDS CEREMONY
  • June 25th 9th Annual Barnegat Bay Festival
  • July 7th NJ Marine Fisheries Council Meetings
  • July 20-22 ICAST Trade Show

--> JCAA Interactive Calendar
 Acronyms, Abbreviations & Technical Terms Used in Fisheries Management Documents

EEZ= Exclusive Economic Zone = Federal water from 3 to 200 nautical miles offshore. Fisheries in the EEZ are generally under federal Control

M =  Natural mortality (M) - The instantaneous rate at which fish die from all causes other than harvest. This rate has traditionally included unmeasured bycatch mortality, but as research has documented bycatch, it is increasingly included in "F". Usually "M" is an assumption or estimate from maximum age data or the value used for other species with a similar life history strategy. Natural mortality can rarely be measured directly.

MRFSS = Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey

MSP = Maximum spawning potential =  The estimated female spawning stock biomass or egg production in the absence of fishing. A percentage of this value (% MSP) can be used as a measure of the health of a stock.

MSY = Maximum sustainable yield = The largest catch, on average, which can be taken from a stock over time under existing environmental conditions without affecting the reproductive capacity of the stock.

MT = Metric Ton = 2,204.6 pounds

Recruit = An individual fish which has entered a defined group through growth,spawning, or migration, such as those fish above minimum legal size ( fishable stock) or which are sexually mature ( spawning stock).

Recruitment = A measure of weight or number of fish which enter a defined portion of a stock, such as fishable stock or the spawning stock.

 SPR = Spawning potential ratio = SPR compares the spawning ability of a stock in the fished condition to the stock’s spawning ability in the unfished condition

SSB = Spawning stock biomass = total weight of fish which are sexually mature; generally pertaining only to females

TAC = Total allowable catch

Threshold = that point where the fishery is regarded as  overfished

Target Values = that value or below which allows the fishery to be self sustaining

Biomass = The total weight of a stock of fish or of a defined subunit of a stock, such as spawning females (SSB)

Bycatch = That portion of a catch taken incidentally to the targeted catch because of non-selectivity of fishing gear to either species or size differences. Some by catch may be retained, but most is usually discarded

CPUE = C/E = The catch taken by a given amount of fishing gear during a given period of time. Over time, CPUE data often provides an indication of trends in abundance in a fish stock

Coastal Pelagic = Fish that migrate along the coast, generally near shore, and live in the water column rather than in association with the bottom.

Demersal  = Refers to organisms which live at or near the bottom, but not in (Benthic) the bottom

Estuary  = A coastal area landward of the ocean beach where freshwater and saltwater mix. Estuaries are among the most biologically productive and environmentally sensitive habitats.

ITQ = Individual transferable quota + A form of controlled access in which individual persons or vessels receive a property right to a share or specific allocation of the total expected harvest of fish which they can buy, sell, lease, etc.

Mortality rate  = the rate at which fish die. Mortality can be expressed as annual percentages or instantaneous rates (the fraction of the stock which dies within each small amount of time). Fishery scientists utilize several different types of mortality to evaluate status of fish stocks, and some serve as biological reference points (Instantaneous rates are used in most stock assessments):

 A = Annual mortality = the percentage of a fish stock which dies from all causes during a year.

Fishing mortality (F) -  A measurement of the rate of removal of fish from a population by fishing. Fishing mortality can be reported as either annual or instantaneous. Annual mortality is the percentage of fish dying in one year. Instantaneous is that percentage of fish dying at ny one time. The acceptable rates of fishing mortality may vary from species to species. There are several kinds of fishing mortality rates; some of the more common include the following:

 F max - The rate of fishing mortality which maximizes the weight taken from a single cohort* over its entire life.
 ( * a group of fish spawned during a given period, usually in a single year)

 F msy - The rate of fishing mortality, which maximizes the weight of the harvest within a year.

 F 0,1 - The rate of fishing mortality at which an increase in catch for a given increase in effort is only 10% of what it would be from an unfished stock.

 Z = Total instantaneous mortality = The sum of fishing F and natural mortality M

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