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Posted by }<)))*> StriperChaser on April 26, 2005, 9:43 pm April 26,2005 MOREHEAD CITY - State fisheries officials are talking about starting a license system that would reduce the number of commercial fishermen allowed to target striped bass by nearly two-thirds. The proposal would mostly impact Dare County, but it could potentially hit some fishermen working the central coast, said state fisheries director Preston Pate. The last straw came this past year when one trawler, working under a 50-fish-per-daytlimit, caught 2,200 fish and called a bunch of other boats out to bring them in, Pate said. Link: Read the Article
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