Gillies & Fallon Guide Service

04/14/2022

2 Day left to speak up for striped bass.

04/11/2022

Make your voice heard and win premium gear from the best brands in the biz.

Just like with the last addendum, we are running a public comment raffle thanks to amazing brands like Costa Sunglasses, Simms Fishing Products, Van Staal and more.

It doesn’t matter what position you take. We just want to know that you commented. To enter, just CC: [email protected] when you submit your comments to ASMFC!

Already sent your comment in? There's no penalty for being punctual. Simply forward your previously submitted comment to the email above and you will be entered.

Once the public comment period ends this Friday, April 15, 2022, we will randomly pick winners and announce them early next week.



📸: Guiding Flow TV

04/09/2022

Really excited and humbled to join an outstanding group of tiers at the HMH Vices table at the S**o Bay Tackle Show (Dunegrass Country Club) today. If you have any tying questions, stop by and ask Nathan Wight, Shaun Baggitt, Craig Uecker, Jonathan Larrabee. If you have any questions about your comment to the ASMFC regarding Amendment 7 to the Striped Bass Management Plan (due April 15), I'll be glad to help.

04/07/2022

"This is an amazing opportunity to improve several facets of management, leading to more striped bass in the water in the future. Today, striped bass are overfished, subject to overfishing (according to the most recent stock assessment), and at a 25-year low. It’s going to take all of us acting together if we want to improve striped bass management and restore the stock to abundant, healthy levels."

With the public comment deadline for Amendment 7 for Striped Bass looming on the horizon, Capt. Kyle Schaefer checked in with Hatch Magazine to break down what's at stake and how you can get involved!

Give it a read at linktr.ee/asga.

04/01/2022

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold five public hearings and accept written comments regarding an action intended to rebuild the Atlantic mackerel stock (also known as the Atlantic Mackerel Rebuilding 2.0 Amendment). Potential management measures include commercial quotas, recreational bag limits, a 3-inch commercial minimum mesh requirement, and permitting clarifications. The action would also continue to set a river herring and shad catch cap for the mackerel fishery. A public hearing document with additional details will be available on the amendment page about two weeks prior to the first hearing.

Comments may be submitted at any of the five public hearings between April 25, 2022 and May 2, 2022 or in writing by May 9, 2022. See below for additional details.

Staff Contact: Jason Didden, [email protected], (302) 526-5254

Public Hearing Schedule
New Bedford, Massachusetts. Monday April 25, 2022. 6-9 pm. Fairfield Inn and Suites. 185 MacArthur Drive, New Bedford, MA 02740. 774-634-2000.

Plymouth, Massachusetts. Tuesday April 26, 2022. 6-9 pm. Hilton Garden Inn. 4 Home Depot Drive, Plymouth, MA 02360. 508-830-0200.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Wednesday April 27, 2022. 6-8 pm. Urban Forestry Center. 45 Elwyn Rd, Portsmouth, NH 03801. 603-431-6774.

Brunswick, Maine. Thursday April 28, 2022. 5:30 – 8 pm. Curtis Memorial Library (Morrell Meeting Room). 23 Pleasant Street, Brunswick, ME 04011. 207-725-5242.

Webinar. Monday, May 2, 2022. 6pm-10pm. Connection details can be found at the Council's website calendar or https://www.mafmc.org/actions/atlantic-mackerel-rebuilding-amendment.

These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should be directed to Shelley Spedden, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

Written Comments
Written comments may be submitted online or via email or mail, as detailed below. Written comments must be received by May 9, 2022.

Email to: [email protected] (use subject “Mackerel Rebuilding”)

Via webform at: https://www.mafmc.org/comments/mackerel-rebuilding (comment form will be available by April 13, 2022)

Mail to: Chris Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901. Mark the outside of the envelope " Mackerel Rebuilding.”

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is one of eight fishery management councils responsible for the management of marine fisheries in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone. The council develops management plans for twelve species of fish and species off the coast of the Mid-Atlantic re...

02/17/2022

Attention Maine striped bass fans...Amendment 7 public meetings are now posted. Most of us don't circle dates on calendars anymore, so do whatever you do to put March 23 on your schedule. Our striped bass fishery needs YOUR voice. This is the big push to the finish line for the framework that will guide striped bass management for the next 10 to 20 years (not however the last time that you need to be involved). Maine's meeting will be held via webinar so you don't need to travel to participate. You aren't limited to attending your home state's meeting, so if you aren't available on March 23, pick one of the other dates that will be held remotely. Resources to help you speak up will follow.