So what happened at the meeting last night?

[Gerald]

I couldn't get outta work early enough. Who all went?

The September meeting of the Tidal Fisheries Advisory Commission will be held on Thursday, September 20, 2007 from 6:00 p.m. till 9:00 p.m. in the C-1 Conference room of the Tawes State Office Building, 580 Taylor Avenue, Annapolis, Maryland. Food and drinks will be provided. Please contact Martin Gary, 410-260-8289, if you have any questions or comments.
Meeting of the Tidal Fisheries Advisory Commission
Thursday, September 20, 2007
C-1 Conference Room
Tawes State Office Building
6-9 PM
Agenda
· Announcements
· NRP Enforcement Report
· Regulations
· Oysters
Oyster Update
Oyster Advisory Commission
· Striped Bass
Check Station Suspension
Commercial Update
Reallocation
Pound Net Certification
Hook & Line Discussion
· Yellow Perch
· Artificial Reefs
· New Business
· Future Meetings

[Chumbucket]

They were crushed for time, all in all it was a pretty reserved affair. Howard ran the meeting as the chair was absent, they just touched on perch at the end of the meeting, it doesn't appear that they are going to have a final form of proposed perch regs by next Tuesday's public forum...Most of the time was devoted to talking about fossil shell dredging and why it has been curtailed, quotas between pound netters and hook and line guys and some abuses that have taken place, and the issue of what is up with crabs, which look to be overharvested this year if we keep up at the current pace...

All in all, a pretty mellow affair...

[Gerald]

Thanks Chris!

[Chumbucket]

Oh, forgot one thing...There was a lot of grousing about the make up of the new oyster advisory committee...Big surprise there...

[Crabslayer]

and the issue of what is up with crabs, which look to be overharvested this year if we keep up at the current pace...

And how can it be determined that they are overharvested this year when the catch data hasn't been tallied?

[Chumbucket]

And how can it be determined that they are overharvested this year when the catch data hasn't been tallied?

They said so...Hey, go to the meetings, eh? You want me to take notes for ya?

[Crabslayer]

They said so...

They said so? That's real scientific.

[scotty80]

They said so? That's real scientific.

Just as scientific as ghost pots don't catch?

[Crabslayer]

Just as scientific as ghost pots don't catch?

Go back to sleep. I'm sure you know everything about crab pots since you're out on the water every day.

BTW, I have to powerwash pots tomorrow. You and Chum are more then welcomed to come to see just how much those fouled pots catch.

[Chumbucket]

Go back to sleep. I'm sure you know everything about crab pots since you're out on the water every day.

BTW, I have to powerwash pots tomorrow. You and Chum are more then welcomed to come to see just how much those fouled pots catch.

Look, I'm quite certain that you plant your pots in the Sargasso Sea, OK? But for much of the rest of the galaxy that encompasses the Chesapeake Bay, a Bay with an SAV problem I might add, I can tell you that pots can happily live without getting fouled hourly like you report...Additionally, if they are such fabulous habitat to begin with wouldn't it make sense that creatures that like to eat other creatures would be waddling about trying to find something tasty to, well, eat in this fabulous habitat?

Why yes I guess that would make sense, Chum...

Darn right it would...

And what happens when stuff swims, pokes, or otherwise gets curious around a crabpot, Chum?

Why maybe they go inside to look around...

Really?

Yes, really...

And how do those pots work again?

Well you see, the whole concept is things go in but they can't get out...