NO MORE FISHING

[stripermaineiac]

Hi all, I talked with a freind in California who is a very reputed custom rod builder and surcaster out there. They have been fighting this battle for a bit but it's been call Marine Protection Zones and so on. It started with the gallapogos Islands and has spread to over 20 different areas. Some larger than new England in size. The antis are our problem not our own issues about Striper sizes and catch limits.These people want all of us to just go away even to the extent of making owning or possessing impliments used for fishing or hunting.I've gone to some of their meetings to the point of joining one of them to get on their mailing list. These groups are very dangerous and don't underestimate them .Many of them are run by the same rich types that don't have to work and chase one cause after another for fun at our exspence so they can control what is done by others.
Yrs ago I was open minded about their actions but when the sierra club went after hikers because their colorful clothing was an affront to nature and should be outlawed-colorfull clothes make it easier to find lost people in the woods-to include groups like the Boy Scouts kinda showed me these people don't live nor think in the real world. Ron

[spence]

I heard, through a friend of a friend, that the Department of Justice has subpoenaed the lists of subscribers to most saltwater fishing magazines.

In addition, a guy I know tells me that the CIA has been at the Narrow River and most RI breech ways affixing transponders to trucks with rod racks.

But.

You didn't hear that from me.

-spence

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by spence

I heard, through a friend of a friend, that the Department of Justice has subpoenaed the lists of subscribers to most saltwater fishing magazines.

In addition, a guy I know tells me that the CIA has been at the Narrow River and most RI breech ways affixing transponders to trucks with rod racks.

But.

You didn't hear that from me.

-spence

Those UAV's don't just fly in the Middle East

[MAKAI]

Gotta fight the Power baby.

[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by stripermaineiac

Hi all, I talked with a freind in California who is a very reputed custom rod builder and surcaster out there. They have been fighting this battle for a bit but it's been call Marine Protection Zones and so on. It started with the gallapogos Islands and has spread to over 20 different areas. Some larger than new England in size. The antis are our problem not our own issues about Striper sizes and catch limits.These people want all of us to just go away even to the extent of making owning or possessing impliments used for fishing or hunting.I've gone to some of their meetings to the point of joining one of them to get on their mailing list. These groups are very dangerous and don't underestimate them .Many of them are run by the same rich types that don't have to work and chase one cause after another for fun at our exspence so they can control what is done by others.
Yrs ago I was open minded about their actions but when the sierra club went after hikers because their colorful clothing was an affront to nature and should be outlawed-colorfull clothes make it easier to find lost people in the woods-to include groups like the Boy Scouts kinda showed me these people don't live nor think in the real world. Ron

It was the Catalina islands, the galapagos islands are off the coast of Equador!

[MakoMike]

CSF, RFBC submit comments to White House task force

February 12, 2010 (WASHINGTON, DC) - The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, along with its partners in the U.S. Recreational Fishing & Boating Coalition, submitted formal comments Friday to the White House Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, voicing the concerns of recreational boating and angling interests.

The "Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning" is the second document released by the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force which was created by President Obama last June to develop a draft national policy and implementation strategy for conserving and managing the oceans, the Great Lakes, and the coasts of the United States.

In the first draft policy report, the "Interim Report of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force", released on September 17, the Task Force failed to include specific issues of concern to the recreational fishing and boating communities, in spite of a summer meeting with the Task Force and a written submission from the coalition.

The groups' comments, submitted to Ms. Nancy Sutley, chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, clearly define the importance of recreational angling and boating to the national economy and our nation's social fabric.

"Some of the potential policy implications of the this Interim Framework have the potential to be a real threat to recreational anglers who not only contribute billions of dollars to the economy and millions of dollars in tax revenues to support fisheries conservation, but who are also the backbone of the American fish and wildlife conservation ethos," said CSF President Jeff Crane.

Among numerous other concerns is the development a top-down federal approach to ocean management that would impact every sector and every ocean activity. This new structure is built on vague or unspecified statutory authority, without input from Congress, and does not appropriately recognize the role of the states, which have the primary jurisdiction for resident fish and wildlife.

Given the scope of economic, conservation, and social contributions of recreational fishing and boating, it is imperative that any national ocean policy encourage, promote and celebrate recreational activities in the marine and freshwater environments. This can only be achieved if the policy and the implementation of marine spatial planning provide for access to marine areas for recreation and the opportunities for angling.

"There are over 1 million jobs in America supported coast to coast by recreational fishing. The Task Force has not included any accountability requirements in their reports for evaluating or mitigating how the new policies they are drafting will impact the fishing industry or related economies," said Phil Morlock, CSF Board Member and Director of Environmental Affairs for Shimano. "Given that the scope of this process appears to include a new set of policies for all the coastal and inland waters of the United States, the omission of economic considerations is inexcusable."

Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus (CSC) member Rep. Adam Putnam and CSC House Co-Chair Rep. Dan Boren sent a letter to Ms. Sutley in November, urging inclusion of the recreational fishing community in the formation of a proposed new ocean governance structure.

"Inclusion of the recreational fishing community in this effort could greatly assist the task force's stated objectives," said Rep. Boren. "They should welcome the participation of recreational anglers and seek their support in ensuring the conservation, maintenance, and restoration of our nation's oceans and lakes."