The last New Jersey Marine Council meeting had two very interesting topics brought up by concerned groups. The first item I will discuss is eels or more precisely elvers.
Elvers are eels in the first stage of life.
I was not fully aware of the need for the size limit until this meeting. The only thing I could envision after hearing that is another gold rush by the commercial fishermen to destroy yet another fishery. Hopefully the recreational striped bass fishermen who use eels for bait understand that they will not be using eels in the near future. We saw it before with short term gains for a few, at the expense of many and the environment. The commercial fisherman has many times caused conflicts with the recreational fisherman and has now added another group who are disturbed by their practices.