WASHINGTON POST • July 26, 2021
A New England-based nonprofit group called Stripers Forever, aimed at protecting the striped bass as a game fish, has called for a 10-year moratorium on the harvest of stripers from Maine to North Carolina. Anglers could still catch striped bass, but every one would have to be released. Many who fish for sport do that already. Mike Spinney of Stripers Forever says, “Immediately after we made that suggestion, the conversation changed. We got lambasted by some, but we received positive reception from others. The fact that people are debating whether this is the right approach is a plus for us. Why do we have to wait for a collapse to take action that is necessary now?”