AN ACT ALLOWING COMMERCIAL FISHING FOR STRIPED BASS.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5506*
*January Session, 2009*		LCO No. 1989

Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
REP. ROY, 119th Dist.

AN ACT ALLOWING COMMERCIAL FISHING FOR STRIPED BASS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 26 of the general statutes be amended to declare striped bass a predatory fish that is harmful to other species and to allow commercial fishermen to take a limited number of striped bass using conventional tackle, but not by the use of purse seine nets or similar equipment.

Statement of Purpose:

To help balance the diversity of sea life in Long Island Sound.