TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT

The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries has enacted emergency recreational regulations to reduce the maximum length limit for keeping striped bass from 35 to 31 inches in response to a dramatic increase in the recreational harvest in 2022.

Cam Gammill, who captains chartered fishing trips during the summer and is one of the owners of Bill Fisher Tackle, said that he supported the regulations, though he didn’t feel that Nantucket had seen the same increase in harvest as the rest of the state. “I would say that there’s not a big kill component to our fishery, and I would say our anglers are really educated around protecting these fish…I don’t think it really applies to us.”