State-of-the-lake DEC meeting

[Gill-T]

State-of-the-lake DEC meeting

The meetings have started anew. Highlight to me was good crop of yoy alewife from mild winter last year. The lowlight was that the adult alewife numbers are really low from the effects of the '13,'14 winter chafe. When presenting options of stocking cuts and/or increase creel limits, charter captains will opt for stocking cuts because increasing creel limits means they have to stay out on the water longer to box-out. Gas bill cuts into profits.   Gentlemen given the low census on adult alewives THIS IS THE YEAR TO BOX YOUR CATCH. With warm winter this year it bodes well for now back-to-back year classes of yoy alewife but there is a void in adult population.