Recently, Kent County commissioners signed a letter expressing their opposition to proposed striped bass (rockfish) limits, sending it to Maryland Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz. The commissioners voiced opposition to the Fishery Management Plan amendment that proposes a 12% reduction in the harvest of striped bass. The Star Democrat reports they said the changes would reduce the commercial fishing industry’s ability to harvest striped bass by 58%. The letter objected to new regulations allowing catch-and-release fishing from January through May, a period that has been closed the past six years to protect spawning fish. Th