Author: Bay Bulletin

Two Maryland commercial fishing groups have filed a challenge to new striped bass harvest limits imposed on charter fishing businesses and watermen, arguing they are “illegal, unnecessary and ill-founded.” In a complaint filed on March 8 in the US District Court of Maryland, the Delmarva Fisheries Association and Maryland Charter Boat Association and two of their members allege that the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) violated federal law and the constitution and state in ordering yield reduction. . They warned that consumers would pay more to buy striped bass in markets and restaurants, while the state’s 377 licensed charter…