three mile limit

[hippie2]

Re: three mile limit

Dingbat, Thank you very much for the location of these regulations. Bob

 

[crabby captain john]

Re: three mile limit

Near shore-- FL and GA have already decided to regulate the endangered black sea bass within the 3 mile limit. SC has a bill in the house to do the same. Hope NC follows soon.

 

[angus63]

Re: three mile limit

Angus, You say to contact your local DEC and find what the regs. are in that area. I fish off shore in Md and asked 3 Fed. Officers at a boat show about the EEZ rules. They said to simply obey the Md regs. when off shore. I asked where I can find these regs. to which they replied they don't know! I said I was told other than pelagic species there are no regs off shore and they said no, no, there are plenty of regs for Blues, croaker, wahoo and Tog while in the EEZ. I have looked for these regs for about 30 hrs and couldn't find anything. I then said screw it. Now I am in a delema, I can't enjoy my off shore fishing for fear of being cited. This is our great govt. at work!!!!! Also I defy any of these officers to cite me because what they are doing is against all doctrines in criminal law- That is passing a law and not openly making the law known to all. Bob

By local I should of also said State DEC. Contact the local office and ask for the species regs in writing. You can also ask specific questions about species, size limits, bag limits, for inside and outside of 3 miles and ask for a reply in writing with a name and title. That will hold up if you are ever questioned or cited.

 

[dingbat]

Re: three mile limit

By local I should of also said State DEC.

What is DEC? Virginia’s fisheries are administered by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC)

The water outside 3 miles are federally regulated. You would have to contact NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service

 

[Outsider]

Re: three mile limit

Hope NC follows soon.

Yeah, all those 12" bsb inshore of 3 miles need thinning out. Better get your share, the offshore season is likely to be very abbreviated if NC follows suit ...