An Email from Sportfishing Conservancy Team - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

SorryCharlie · 04-16-2015, 01:30 PM

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Recreationals will need to clip tails on our bugs [I don’t get this part], the season will open at 6am instead of midnight, and we'll need to mark our hoop nets with our GO ID [fishing license number]. >>
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The reason they are doing this is to stop people from being able to sell any recreationally caught lobster on the "black market".

If the tail has a clip out of it, it can be recognized as recreationally caught, no clip means commercially caught and OK for market sale.

We will see how this pans out, but my understanding is that not clipping the tails will carry a heft fine, as does taking of shorts, etc. IMO, anything that helps cut down on the ease of poaching, but doesn't affect my ability to catch them legally is a positive step.

04-16-2015, 01:30 PM	#2
SorryCharlie Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 140	[QUOTE=Mahigeer;225392] Recreationals will need to clip tails on our bugs [I don’t get this part], the season will open at 6am instead of midnight, and we'll need to mark our hoop nets with our GO ID [fishing license number]. >> QUOTE] The reason they are doing this is to stop people from being able to sell any recreationally caught lobster on the "black market". If the tail has a clip out of it, it can be recognized as recreationally caught, no clip means commercially caught and OK for market sale. We will see how this pans out, but my understanding is that not clipping the tails will carry a heft fine, as does taking of shorts, etc. IMO, anything that helps cut down on the ease of poaching, but doesn't affect my ability to catch them legally is a positive step.