ACTION ALERT: Massachusetts No-Fishing MPA Legislation! - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

MakoMike · 12-13-2005, 01:06 PM

Looks like you guys won, Congrats!

Offshore · 12-13-2005, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MakoMike

Looks like you guys won, Congrats!

While a few of us did some work to defeat it; in retrospect, I think it was the commercial groups like CapeCodCom.Hook Fishermen, NAMA and NH Fisheries Coalition to name a few.

thefishingfreak · 12-13-2005, 07:27 PM

dont forget about the
m.s.b.a.

and all the work Mike and Patric put in to this

Offshore · 12-14-2005, 07:32 AM

Your absolutely right. MSBA did a lot of legwork on this and is doing it on many other important issues. Sorry, I didn't mention them.

JohnR · 12-14-2005, 08:40 AM

Regardless of who did the work - groups and individuals (and good work BTW

), it is still not done. Now instead of hoping to fix one proposal in the legislature, there are now three live ones bouncing around

Offshore · 12-15-2005, 04:05 PM

What are the other three, John ?

JohnR · 12-15-2005, 05:22 PM

I believe there are three total, Romney's, O'Leary's, and one other Representative's bill that have all come out of commitee