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To: CheshireTheCat; All
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/restoring-american-saltwater-angling-and-recreation/

Hopefully, above with President Trumps latest ruling we can finally get the shark problems solved. Now that they are a problem from Key West to Mobile on the Gulf side and from Key West to North Carolina on the Atlantic side looks like we will get some consideration.

There are so many areas where sharks eat everything that anglers hook you can't even fish there any more.

We need relief from stupid rules that prohibit killing this or that shark.

They all need to go until the shark problem is over.

Below some of the new rules:

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Sec. 7. Managing Predators. (a) To address the rising rates of shark and pinniped depredation, the Secretary shall establish an Interagency Shark and Pinniped Depredation Task Force. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Commerce, along with the United States Trade Representative, shall actively address international and domestic barriers to sustainable shark fisheries to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Such actions shall include assessing listings under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, directing the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to expedite Non-Detriment Findings for global export, and reviewing all regional fisheries management organizations, conventions, treaties, and agreements to ensure that their measures and actions promote robust commercial and recreational harvests.

(b) To reduce the economic and ecological impact of shark depredation on the recreational angling sector, the Secretary shall, to the extent permitted by law:

(i) Pursuant to the Secretary's grant-making authority, including under 15 U.S.C. 713c-3(c), give priority to partnerships involving charter boat captains and recreational angling organizations.

(ii) Within 90 days of the date of this order, develop and implement, including through rulemaking as necessary, a standardized “Real-Time Depredation Reporting” protocol. Consistent with applicable law, the Secretary shall integrate this protocol into existing Federal and State-linked mobile data collection platforms to enable the rapid mapping of depredation events and support dynamic fishery management decisions.

This happens all the time.the only way to stop it is start killing off the sharks or lose fishery after fishery.

2,402 posted on 09/18/2026 3:41:29 AM PDT by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!! ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY: UNTIL ITS NOT))
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To: rodguy911
The solution.


2,403 posted on 09/18/2026 4:24:00 AM PDT by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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