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BOSTON — new England’s historic fishing industry doesn’t spare much of its romance for the herring.

The tiny fish is, at most, a foot long. the price per pound often won’t even buy 12 minutes at a Boston parking meter. some people eat it pickled, but herring is mainly caught to become bait for more well loved seafood, such as lobster.

The herring, though, is deeply vital to fishermen and environmentalists, who are fighting to put greater restrictions on trawlers that pull up hundreds of thousands of pounds of herring at a time.

They argue that the large trawlers are depleting a species that’s a critical food for just about every prized commercial fish in the region, from cod to striped bass. the herring’s influence even extends to ocean tours, which depend on abundant herring to attract whales and birds to the ocean surface to feed and be seen.

“For many people who don’t work on the water, make their money on the water, I think it’s simple to underestimate the importance of herring,” said Tom Dempsey of the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association.

The new England Fishery Management Council is considering clamping down on midwater herring trawlers, named for the area of the water column they the pull their nets through. a series of eight public hearings around the Northeast wrapped up Thursday in Cape May, N.J., and council action is expected in June.

The proposals include tighter requirements on how the trawlers weigh their catch and bans on certain fishing areas.

A key proposal would force trawlers to carry independent observers on every trip, in part to stop suspected over-catching and dumping of protected species the herring boats snare unintentionally, such as cod and haddock.

“It’s time for a change in that fishery,” said Bob St. Pierre, who fishes for tuna, striped bass and groundfish out of Chatham.

But the herring industry says there’s scant evidence their trawlers are the menaces they’re described as.

Mary Beth Tooley, a long-time herring industry member and also a Maine representative on the regional management council, said the stock is robust, and there’s no research yet to contradict that. There’s also no data to show the midwater trawlers are catching and killing huge amounts of other fish species.

Opponents complain scientists have simply been slow to collect the information. But Tooley said the herring industry is getting battered based on a faulty assumption that because the boats are big — up to 165 feet long — they’re doing big damage.

Washington County - A change in fishing laws at a lake in Washington County has prompted a local organization to cancel their annual tournament. State officials say they can still fish, but the anglers are too frustrated with the new rule. At the Mitchell home, the rods and reels are already laid out for spring. “It’s not just a leisure activity, it’s a passion,” said Matthew Mitchell. but they might collect some dust before they see water this season. The pair, along with their fishing group the Maine Blade Runners, have chose to cancel their annual tournament at Grand Falls Flowage thanks to a change in the lake’s rules. “They made Grand Falls Flowage a catch and release only lake. every fish caught has to be caught and immediately released alive versus being caught, brought to the scales and weighed and then released alive,” said Karen Mitchell. The group used to be able to catch the bass and hold them until the tournament finished later in the day, but the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife now requires them to measure them on board and immediately toss them back. It’s a go the state hopes will protect the lake’s bass population, but one the Mitchells feel hurts more than it helps. “Bass, no matter where in the state you go, generates a lot of funds for local business, for the state itself,” said Matthew. but town officials in both Princeton and Baileyville, where the lake primarily runs through, said they’ve never seen a fantastic economic benefit from the tournament and don’t reckon losing it will cost them much. The department says the data they’ve collected shows a need to conserve the existing bass population in the lake. according to their numbers, it would take a fisherman four days to catch just one bass due to the dwindling numbers. The Mitchells argue, though, that state officials are exaggerating, and say only a handful of fish have died during the tournament in the last decade. “I’m not really sure why their data is so different than ours.” Either way, for them, the rule has turned a summer passion into a burden. The department has issued them two permits for the lake under the new rules, but the Mitchells say the organization will not be hosting the tournament under those restrictions.

March 05, 2012

CHATHAM — the National Marine Fisheries Service had planned to hit a fleet of large vessels that catch Atlantic herring with big quota cuts this year for going way over their allowed catch in 2010 in an area off Cape Cod.

But a procedural glitch delayed action and allowed the fleet to again exceed its quota by millions of pounds.

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While some say the fisheries service is to blame for not getting the quota cut implemented in time, there are others in the Cape fleet who believe the herring industry had plenty of notice and willfully overfished herring again.

At stake, local fishermen say, is the fish that forms the base of the food web in local waters.

Herring are considered a keystone species because they convert plant energy — plankton — into protein, and are in turn eaten by important commercial species such as cod, bluefin tuna and striped bass. Fishermen argue that when the herring are fished out of an area, other essential species leave, making it harder for the small vessels with limited range operating out of Chatham, Harwich, Provincetown and other ports to find fish.

Fisheries service analyst Carrie Nordeen explained that her agency had procedural problems, including obtaining landings data from the state and fish dealers and couldn’t implement the new quota cuts before the herring fishing season started on Jan. 1.

The fisheries service published the legal notice that made the quota cut official on Feb. 24, the very same day the agency published another notice announcing it had closed the area because the herring fleet had caught 3.1 million pounds more than the newly instituted quota allowed.

“The fishery is capable of catching a lot of fish quickly,” Nordeen said.

In future years, she said, the fisheries service will have any disciplinary quotas in place by the end of December.

Local fishermen have long complained that large vessels — often working in tandem to tow huge nets between them capable of catching 100,000 pounds per tow — hurt the Cape’s marine food chain. the large boats drive commercially valuable fish further offshore where the day boat fleet, including charter fishermen trying to catch striped bass, can’t easily travel, fishermen say.

“I still have to go 125 miles to find any body of fish to work on,” Chatham tuna fisherman Bob St. Pierre said. “When I get there, we find the pair trawlers. not a doubt in my mind the herring fishery has made a direct impact on my living.”

Several years ago, federal fishery regulators divided the Northeast into four huge blocks of ocean and assigned annual herring quotas to each of the areas. Area 1B, which covers the waters just off the Cape’s shoreline out to 200 miles, is geographically the smallest and has the least amount of quota.

These management zones were meant to cap fishing levels in each area and prevent “localized depletion,” a term describing the effect of hyper-efficient fishing that sweeps an area clean of a particular species or a suite of fish populations. Overshooting that quota defeats their purpose, locals argue.

“The bait will not be there for our spring fishery,” predicted Patrick Paquette, past president and governmental affairs representative for the Massachusetts Striped Bass Association, which represents both recreational and commercial striped bass fishermen.

But Mary Beth Tooley, a New England Fishery Management Council member and spokesman for the O’Hara Corp. of Rockland, Maine, which owns two large herring trawlers, said she found out about the quota cuts only after the fleet had overshot its herring limit.

She pointed out that it’s the first year of the new enforcement measure. “As we’ve seen (in other plans), there are glitches.”

Paquette was skeptical of her response. the fisheries service published the proposed quota cut in December and posted it on an industry website. Also, the cuts were talked about at many fishery meetings, he said. It’s been two years, he said, since the violation occurred and the industry knew what was coming.

“They watch quota like a hawk,” Paquette said. He thinks someone decided to exploit a loophole while the rule wasn’t in place.

“Thank you very much for what you did to our charter boats and fishermen that need bait in the water,” he said.

Other measures already in place and some being considered in newly proposed regulations known as Amendment 5 to the herring management plot may help avoid quota overages in the future.

Because herring fishermen can catch so many fish so quickly, the fisheries service required two years ago that the larger herring vessels change from weekly reports to daily reports using satellite-based email. the new regulations also could potentially require as much as 100 percent coverage on large vessels by independent fishery observers.

New England council member Tom Dempsey, a policy analyst at the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association in Chatham, said the herring overage only underscores the importance of moving forward with Amendment 5 and providing an accurate, real-time picture to know when to shut down fishing.

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February 10, 2012

Here’s a small insight into the newspaper business: sometimes you get an assignment you despise. sometimes you get one that sends you over the moon.

So, last week when my boss told me he was thinking of sending me to the Harrisburg Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show this week, I was cautiously optimistic. when he followed up and told me to plan on going I gave him the head nod and said, “OK.” And then I walked into the corner, out of sight of course, and Tebowed.

It’s been too long since I’ve been to the greatest outdoor show ever. I admit it, I’ve sinned. for a guy who owns more camo than Rambo and whose best suit says “Realtree,” I was willing to suffer and make the trip on Tuesday.

The toughest part about the entire day was getting in. I somehow missed the sign that said entrance and went for a walk outside. Going against every manly DNA, I stopped and questioned for directions from a show worker.

Terrible choice. instead of being directed to the entrance, I was steered around the backside of the building. at this point I’m feeling like I’m on Candid Camera.

I did find an entrance and approached a lady sitting behind a counter selling tickets. She informed me that the press entrance was — get ready for this — clear back in the direction I just came from.

At this point I’m thinking I should have brought my compass instead of a notebook. After a stroll, I found my way in.

I’m immediately drawn to things I can’t have — boats — expensive ones. I’m looking (OK, staring) at an 18-foot bass boat with a 60 HP motor. It’s got a big front deck and I’m trying to take a picture.

A woman questions, “Can I help you?”

I’m trying not to laugh and mumble, “No thanks, just looking.” Isn’t that the truth?

It’s on to catch up with my friends at Loughborough Inn, which sits on the lake I’ve been fishing at for more than 20 years. Harvey, the inn’s manager, tells me about the lack of snow but there’s still decent ice on the lake in Battersea, Ontario. He’s one of about 100 fishing outfitters who come from all over North America to Harrisburg to book trips.

Later, I catch up with my friend and hunting partner Jason Farmer. Farmer shows me around and introduces me to Nate Hosie, a professional hunter with his own TV show. I’m immediately struck with how down-to-earth Hosie is, like many professionals in the hunting and fishing industry.

Unlike race-car drivers, football and baseball players, professional hunters haven’t been wooed and sometimes spoiled like the other professionals. Jim Shockey, another pro hunter, is signing autographs and talking to fans, too. most of these guys are genuine and appreciate their fans.

The show is enormous and after two hours I realize that I have to prioritize. I’m off to archery to drool some more over things I can’t have or can’t afford. Loving every step, I find myself thinking about playing the lottery more often.

How else do I explain looking at $12,000 four-wheelers? But just when you reckon it can’t get any better, that there’s nothing more to see, I spot a log home. no, not a shed, not a barn, a log home.

I’m staring into the window of this log home and feeling a small weird. Don’t do it. Don’t go in, I’m thinking to myself. I’m not listening, I’m going in. Now I’m plotting on winning the lottery and plopping this home on a lakefront somewhere in new York or Maine. Heck, I’m a millionaire, why not two?

I’ve got to get out of this place before I’m swallowed up by the hunting and fishing gods. I’ve got to get past those fishing boats again. no luck, one last look won’t hurt, right?

Finally I step outside. I made it. Sunlight and a breeze.

Now I only have to convince the boss what a tough assignment that was.

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‘Defining Wilderness: Defining Maine’ book discussion Feb. 13The deadline to sign up for drawing for the non-artist, which will begin on Feb. 17 at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, is Feb. 10. the amount of participants are limited so if interested get your name in.there is a $25 materials fee for this workshop.

The United Church of Christ Youth Group will host a beef stew dinner at the church on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. the young people are trying to earn the money needed for their trip to Overlook Farm in the spring. It’s a pleasure to watch these pre-adults serve the people who attend their suppers. They are attentive and always are ready to serve what is needed at the moment. Come enjoy a lovely dinner and meet this younger group of Lovell residents. the price for the dinner is $5 per person $10 per family.

For those who would like to donate to the Brownfield Food Pantry the United Church of Christ has a Mission Team Box in the Parish Hall for donations. you don’t have to belong to the church to make a donation because all donations are welcome. for those who don’t know the Brownfield Pantry serves 11 towns in Western Maine and new Hampshire. Many volunteers work and receive food for hours volunteered. President Jack Mitchell emphasizes that monetary donations are welcome giving them an opportunity to buy food from a Food Bank. the pantry has been up and running successfully for 12 years providing not only food but other necessities like toothbrushes, toothpaste and many other personnel hygiene items. all donations are certainly appreciated by those who are in need.

February has the cooks in town bustling, scanning the cook books for those yummy recipes that include that dark sweet, chocolate. February is the month the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library holds that delicious 12th annual Taste of Lovell. Formally know as Death by Chocolate, this event is to die for if you’re a chocolate lover. the event will be held on Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Library from 2 to 4 p.m. the Tabitha Stephen King Room will have the wondrous aroma of chocolate filling the room to whet the taste buds. for those watching the waist line, there will be calorie free deserts including fruits. for those who want it all, you can have five tastes for $5 or ten tastes for $8. for those who want to indulge in secret there will be carry-out boxes available. what a wonderful Valentine day celebration, music and fantastic savories to eat with neighbors and friends. Anyone, who would like to have an entry in the best desert contest and win a prize please sign up at the library or call (207) 925-3177 to enter. all money raised will go toward the continued programs at the library.

The Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library adult book discussion series “Defining Wilderness: Defining Maine” continues on Monday, Feb. 13, at 1 p.m. this session will conclude the Maine Wilderness series which has been sponsored by the Maine Humanities Council. February’s discussion will center on “we took the Woods” by Louise Dickinson Rich. this is a personnel memoir of Rich her husband and son living in the 1930s near the remote Lower Richardson Lake. it gives the reader an insight on how they survived by fishing, maple sugaring, hauling tourist gear and canoes. the light touches of humor by the author makes this book the perfect selection to end the series. all books used in the series are available at the library.

The Lovell Lions club will be holding the third Annual ice fishing derby on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 18 and 19. Contestants can fish in any lake or pond in Oxford County from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. but must pre-register either with Cliff Hill at (207) 928-3744 or at AJ’s Restaurant in East Stoneham. Registration on either the Feb. 18 or 19 will be at the North Lovell Grange Hall on Route 5 beginning at 5 am. Prizes of $100 will be awarded for the heaviest Togue, Bass and Pickerel. there will be prizes for kids 12 and under with the grand prize $50. the registration fee is $15 and weigh in of caught fish starts at the Grange Hall at 4 p.m. each day. there will also be additional prizes and raffles all money to benefit the Lion’s Fund. Sponsors are Wilson Excavation, Bliss & Associates, Hanson Excavation, JB self Storage, Mo’s Electrical, Community Containers, Norman Hanson & Detroy and Pleasant Point Inn Alden Brown.

Ladies, who donated deserts, to Robin’s supper if you are missing a container I have some at my house. you can call me at (207) 925-3226 to see if I have the one you’re missing.

By Wayne Hooper January 30, 2012 2:00 AM

In writing this column for the last 17 years, and many other columns in magazines, sports papers and national bass periodicals for over 35 years, it still amazes me how many readers respond to columns that I think are mediocre and boring.

More letters, e-mails and phone calls are received when I write about the “excellent old days” than any other. next would be writing about “Down Maine” or northern New Hampshire, whether they are hunting, fishing, camping or hiking tales.

Fishing takes up most of the columns, as it is a 365-day sport and they are extremely well loved when I include tales of Casey Kibat and his off-the-wall twin brother, Clyde, and his cousin, Clementine. By the way, those tales are all right and have all really happened.

Hunting is well loved because every one of us wants to go back in time and live in the woods with the snow blowing and the wind howling. Man against nature is always exciting. If the tale takes you there, I have succeeded.

Next would be when I mention the restaurants, bars and people of the Seacoast. I enjoy these as much as you do because over the years I have met so many fascinating people here. Mentioning the readers’ names in my columns just makes me feel good and I hope it pleases them too. although I did receive a death threat from Carolyn McCauley a few years back. all in jest, I think.

I also get a lot of feedback from people on the streets and in the supermarkets of the area, as they tell me that they read the column but don’t know it, or that they like it except there is too much about fishing. “But,” they exclaim, “I’ll still read it.”

Hunting brings the most negative responses, as anti-hunters will rise up for that period of time in the fall when the hunters take to the woods.

I get lots of grief from trout fishermen when I mention bass in their favorite waters. That’s because bass have always been considered a trash fish, and Maine and New Hampshire have always been known as trophy trout and salmon states.

But, there are times that I just sit in front of the computer and my mind is blank. I know, many of you think it always is blank, but there have been days when I grab a beer and stare at the screen until an thought pops into my head. the next thing I know I have typed 700 words and I’m done. I read it over and sometimes it’s good and sometimes I just don’t like it. however, I send it in, as I have found over the years that just because I don’t care for it, readers may think differently.

All in all, though, I have loved these past 17 years and the 884 columns that I have submitted. There were also a dozen or so “Special to the Herald” articles that were printed.

I look forward to achieving 20 years of writing this column and submitting my 1,000th article. that would be an incredible achievement.

This column also reminds me of Jerry Seinfeld’s television show that was all about nothing. This week’s column is a column about columns. Wow, have I stooped that low? This column should be mandatory for all shrinks to give to their patients.

Now, even local outdoor writer Dick Pinney is sending me e-mails. his stated:

“Hey Hoop, almost believed some of the stuff you wrote in today’s HERALD! Except for that big buck tale. you forgot to mention that even in your dress up clothes that you were able to drag that 200 pounder out of the woods with just your shoe laces. in spite of it all we have a hard time passing by one of your tales without reading them. keep on keepin’ on!”

— the Dickstah

As I told him, space limitations caused me to cut some of the tale. however, to update the readers, I had to call for help to get the buck out of the woods. Luckily, I was only about 75 yards off of the main road. now I guess the ball is in my court so it’s my turn to get even with Dick.

My apologies go out to U.S. Navy EM3 Scott Parmalee of Eliot, Maine, as he has been the target of numerous attacks by anti-hunters. I mentioned in my Jan. 2, column of his success in bagging a 200-pound buck and immediately the e-mails and letters arrived, chastising him for tasking the life of a gorgeous animal and begging him to become a vegetarian.

Wayne Hooper is a member of the New England Outdoor Writers Association and a lifelong Seacoast resident. he can be reached at .

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by Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 3:23PM EST

Boston, MA – the 2011 Atlantic striped stock assessment update indicates that the resource remains in good condition with the female spawning stock biomass (SSB) estimate at 109% of the SSB target and 137% of the SSB threshold (see Figure 1). the estimated fishing mortality rate (F) in 2010 was 0.23, below both the target (0.30) and threshold (0.34). Striped bass are assessed as a single stock although there are at least three distinct stocks contributing to the coastal migratory group: Hudson River, Delaware River, and Chesapeake Bay and tributaries. the striped bass stock complex is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring.

overall stock abundance has declined since 2004, which is reflected by a decline in coastwide landings in 2009 and 2010. the decline is more prevalent in areas largely dependent on contributions from the Chesapeake stocks (such as Maine) than areas that are dominated by the Hudson stock (such as New York).

Despite the decline in abundance, the spawning stock in 2010 remained relatively high due to the growth and maturation of the 2003 year class and the accumulation of spawning biomass from year classes prior to 1996. Analysis of tagging data suggests increasing natural mortality in Chesapeake Bay, possibly the result of mycobacteriosis. But, a recent tagging study by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science suggests the impact of mycobacteriosis may not be as significant as once thought.

Recruitment estimates averaged 9.5 million fish from 1982 through 2010. But, the stock assessment update identified a period of increased recruitment from 1994-2004 and a more recent (2005-2010) period of lower recruitment. Recruitment in 2009 and 2010 was estimated at 7.1 and 9.1 million fish, respectively. the 2003 year class remains the largest since 1982 at 20.8 million fish.

Striped bass are one of the most sought after species by recreational anglers along the Atlantic coast. Recreational landings have ranged from a low of under 750,000 pounds in 1989 to a high of 30.5 million pounds in 2006. in 2010, recreational anglers landed over 22.9 million pounds (1.99 million fish) (see Figure 2). This represents a 24% decline by weight and a 26% decline by number from the high in 2006. changes in landings have varied by state, with Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey showing an increase in number of fish landed and the remaining states showing a 45% decrease on average. Recreational discard mortalities (assuming an 8% mortality of releases) in 2010 were approximately 514,000 fish, a 75% decrease from a high of 2 million fish in 2006.

Landings from the commercial striped bass fishery have been consistently lower than the recreational catch. Commercial landings increased from ~139,000 pounds in 1987 to just under 5.9 million pounds in 1997 and have remained steady due to quota restrictions. Landings in 2010 were 7.06 million pounds. Gill nets are the dominant commercial gear used to target striped bass. other commercial fishing gears include hook and line, pound nets, seines, and trawls.

Copies of the stock assessment update will be available via the Commission’s website at asmfc.org under “Breaking News.” For more information, please contact Kate Taylor, Fishery Management Plot Coordinator, at 703.842.0741 or .

Source: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

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Menhaden might be the most vital fish you’ve never heard of. As far back as the 1860s, the U.S. caught more tons of menhaden than any other fish — and in many years, more menhaden than the combined commercial catch of all other finned fish put together. You don’t hear about them because they don’t show up in fish markets or on dinner menus. Rather, they go into animal feed, cosmetics, health food supplements, linoleum, lubricants, margarine, soap, insecticide, and paint.

As you might guess, catching so much of one species of fish takes a toll not only on the population of that one species, but on marine ecology as a whole. Thus, this week, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), the body that regulates fishing on the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida, will vote Wednesday, November 9 on whether to protect menhaden.

Just as Michael Pollan makes the case that Americans eat mostly corn, eating it indirectly in processed foods and corn-fed animal products, more than a century ago, ichthyologist G. Brown Goode said that people who dine on Atlantic saltwater fish eat "nothing but menhaden." H. Bruce Franklin, author of the most Vital Fish in the Sea: Menhaden, says Goode exaggerated only slightly, as "menhaden are crucial to the diet of Atlantic tuna, cod, haddock, halibut, mackerel, bluefish, weakfish, striped bass, swordfish, king mackerel, summer flounder, [and] drum" — to name a few. Marine birds, whales and porpoises also find menhaden delectable.

But Franklin also notes that menhaden’s place in the diet of predatory fish and other marine species is only half of the foundational role it plays in the food chain, and beyond that, in the ecosystem as a whole. Menhaden is the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast’s main consumer of phytoplankton — that is, microscopic plant matter like algae. By filter-feeding on phytoplankton at the rate of four gallons of water per minute for an adult fish, these fish integrate matter that other species cannot eat into the marine food chain. They also clean the water, allowing sunlight to penetrate so that plants can grow, providing oxygen to all who live in the ocean. Thus, they help clean up the runoff of fertilizer, animal manure and other sources of nitrogen that makes its way into the ocean, preventing or mitigating the dead zones that would otherwise result from it.

Franklin traces extractive use of menhaden back to the first British settlers in New England. Menhaden was the fish that Tisquantum ("Squanto") showed the pilgrims to bury in the soil when planting corn to add fertility to the soil. the Puritans viewed the traditional indigenous polyculture of planting beans and corn together as primitive, and instead planted monocultures of corn, ultimately exhausting the soil. Thus started the traditional American practice of removing as many menhaden from the sea as technology allowed us to take in order to fertilize America’s depleted soils and later for other uses.

Eventually, after the Civil War, when menhaden were used to make oil for industry in addition to their uses in farming, the drop in the menhaden population became so catastrophic that commercial fisherman rioted in Maine, burning down a "menhaden reduction" factory in 1870. the Maine legislature outlawed the menhaden reduction industry in 1879, but it was too late for their state, as menhaden have never returned to Maine waters in the numbers they were found in before. (The "reduction" industry is named for its role in reducing menhaden to commodities — oil, solids and meal — not for reducing the population of fish in the sea… although it does both rather effectively.)

Today the reduction industry accounts for 80 percent of menhaden caught on the Eastern seaboard. Incredibly, all of these fish are caught by one company, Omega Protein, which employs spotter planes to locate enormous schools of menhaden so its ships can surround them with a purse seine — a fishing net almost a third of a mile long that closes like a drawstring purse, trapping the fish in the middle — and vacuuming them into a refrigerated hold that can carry over one million menhaden at a time. the menhaden caught and "reduced" by Omega Protein go into factory farmed animal feed, pet food and margarine. A small percent go into omega-3 supplements for humans.

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I am going on a fishing trip and i have a couple of lures in mind but i dont know what the stripers favorite color. I will be fishing from the bay in Maine.

I'm by no means an expert when it comes to catching stripers, or any other fish for that matter, but I've caught my share of stripers and blues where I grew up in southern Maine using a 1 – 1/2 oz. Kastmaster with a treble hook, 14# mono-filament, and a Zebco 404. I know that the guys who are really serious like to use live bait. I didn't like, or need to spend big money on fishing tackle, or feel the need to have to show it off or get all caught up talking the lingo. I just liked to go when I felt the urge. With the rig I had, I didn't have to worry about losing it, having it stolen, or just throwing it in the back of my truck or leaving it in my skiff. Most serious guys would probably laugh at me. no big trophy fish, but plenty of schoolies that were a blast to catch. Hope this helps.