Well, the logic is (as Jersey Joe explained), that we have to limit access in NJ before we can petition the Feds to limit access in Federal waters....now, if we can just get to the second step. What kills me, is that the best seabass fishing is Oct and Nov, just when the traps will be permitted to smother the wrecks. Last spring I got hung up on one of the :xxx: lines - there were so many flags, I couldn't tell which ones were connected!