Asbury Park Press: Lobster ban could put industry in hot water


In this file photo, a lobster is weighed after it is caught by the Point Lobster Company in Point Pleasant Beach.
Photo credit:APP.com

New Jersey fishermen said they don’t see the steep decline in lobster populations reported in Long Island Sound and southern New England, or the need for plans that could cut their catches by 10 percent — or even shut them down for five years.

“We shouldn’t be balled up into someone else’s problems. I’ve never seen so many small lobsters,” said Joseph Horvath Jr. He brought photographs of lobster traps stuffed with “baby lobsters the size of a dollar bill” to a public hearing here Thursday — a preliminary step before regulators vote in Boston Nov. 7 on big changes to East Coast lobster management.
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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 10/17/2011 6:00 AM
Categories: Resources, Sea Life
Tags: lobster ban new jersey fishermen new england
 

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