DEC schedules hearings across the state on its bait restrictions

[HuntingNY-News]

DEC schedules hearings across the state on its bait restrictions16 July 2010, 6:27 amThe state Department of Environmental Conservation has scheduled public hearings across the state this month to get public input on its current ban on transporting uncertified baitfish. The ban was set up in 2007 following an outbreak of viral hemorrrhagic...Source: Outdoors Blog

[Doc]

So they established bait restrictions (in 2007) because of potential import of bait fish with viral hemorrrhagic septicemia. What are the meetings for? Has the disease gone away ...... probably not. I don't understand what the meetings would accomplish besides depleting some more DEC money. Unfortunately the article didn't explain the purpose of the meetings.

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The meeting is for fisherman and bait dealer input. There is talk of establishing corridors where uncertified bait may be transported. From what i've heard bait caught in Lake Erie could be transported along the lake shore but not cross past the I-90. In effect I could catch bait in the Niagra river and transport it along the lake shore to use in Dunkirk etc. There hasn't been a documented case of VHS since the ban.