Another War worth discussing......
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='845139' date='Nov 13 2006, 12:40 PM
I thought we were talking about fish. What's all this with meat and pudding?
so YOU, ate all the fish. did you get any pudding? no. ah, but if you ate the meat, THEN, dear boy, you'd get pudding.
see it really is that simple
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Ther's no fish left in FLA!!!!!! Bush bans fishing!!!!!!
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) -- The largest marine reserve in North America is emerging on Florida's southwest coast.
Gov. Jeb Bush and his Cabinet voted 3-1 on Tuesday to approve a management plan banning fishing in a 61-square-mile section of Dry Tortugas National Park in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Straits about 75 miles west of Key West.
The new Research Natural Area will be added to the existing Tortugas Ecological Reserve, where fishing has been prohibited since 2001. Combined, the two areas will prohibit fishing in 261 square miles.
The plan is designed to help overfished species such as grouper and red snapper recover. It also will provide scientists with a living laboratory, and divers and other visitors with recreational and educational opportunities.
"It's good for the fish; it's good for the ecosystem; it's good for fishermen," said University of Miami marine biologist Jerald Ault, who testified in support of the plan.
The only dissenting vote was cast by Attorney General Charlie Crist, also Florida's governor-elect.
"I am reluctant to restrict a freedom from individual recreational fishermen and fisherwomen," Crist said, who spoke fondly of growing up fishing with his father.
Bush and the Cabinet added a provision that would restore fishing after five years without another vote.
The research area is so far from shore few recreational fishermen go there, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Chairman Rodney Barreto.
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) -- The largest marine reserve in North America is emerging on Florida's southwest coast.
Gov. Jeb Bush and his Cabinet voted 3-1 on Tuesday to approve a management plan banning fishing in a 61-square-mile section of Dry Tortugas National Park in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Straits about 75 miles west of Key West.
The new Research Natural Area will be added to the existing Tortugas Ecological Reserve, where fishing has been prohibited since 2001. Combined, the two areas will prohibit fishing in 261 square miles.
The plan is designed to help overfished species such as grouper and red snapper recover. It also will provide scientists with a living laboratory, and divers and other visitors with recreational and educational opportunities.
"It's good for the fish; it's good for the ecosystem; it's good for fishermen," said University of Miami marine biologist Jerald Ault, who testified in support of the plan.
The only dissenting vote was cast by Attorney General Charlie Crist, also Florida's governor-elect.
"I am reluctant to restrict a freedom from individual recreational fishermen and fisherwomen," Crist said, who spoke fondly of growing up fishing with his father.
Bush and the Cabinet added a provision that would restore fishing after five years without another vote.
The research area is so far from shore few recreational fishermen go there, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Chairman Rodney Barreto.
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Originally Posted by banzaitoyota' post='845477' date='Nov 15 2006, 04:26 PM
Ther's no fish left in FLA!!!!!! Bush bans fishing!!!!!!
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) -- The largest marine reserve in North America is emerging on Florida's southwest coast.
Gov. Jeb Bush and his Cabinet voted 3-1 on Tuesday to approve a management plan banning fishing in a 61-square-mile section of Dry Tortugas National Park in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Straits about 75 miles west of Key West.
The new Research Natural Area will be added to the existing Tortugas Ecological Reserve, where fishing has been prohibited since 2001. Combined, the two areas will prohibit fishing in 261 square miles.
The plan is designed to help overfished species such as grouper and red snapper recover. It also will provide scientists with a living laboratory, and divers and other visitors with recreational and educational opportunities.
"It's good for the fish; it's good for the ecosystem; it's good for fishermen," said University of Miami marine biologist Jerald Ault, who testified in support of the plan.
The only dissenting vote was cast by Attorney General Charlie Crist, also Florida's governor-elect.
"I am reluctant to restrict a freedom from individual recreational fishermen and fisherwomen," Crist said, who spoke fondly of growing up fishing with his father.
Bush and the Cabinet added a provision that would restore fishing after five years without another vote.
The research area is so far from shore few recreational fishermen go there, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Chairman Rodney Barreto.
The issue isnt the rec fisheries, it's the commercial fisheries. 90% of the people I talk to that are rec fishermen would be more then happy to see catch and release be encouraged, not to mention the fact that as a preccentage rec fisheries have very little impact as far as a percentage of fish taken vs com fisheries.
Look at snook, it's a rec only fish and it's thriving here. The problem is that most politicians don't address the commerical fisheries, only the rec. They try consistantly to restrict rec fishing while 99% of the fish taken from the local waters are for commercial purposes, meanwhile they do nothing to restrict them.
