Obama White House to 60,000,000 Anglers: We Don't Need You

Gateway Pundit ^ | 10/12/2009 | Jim Hoff

[backhoe]

Obama White House to 60,000,000 Anglers: We Don't Need You

Obama White House takes on 60,000,000 American anglers. (Hawaii Leisure)

A recently released White House document could result in the closures of sport fishing in salt and freshwater areas.
Shimano reported:

Feds to 60 Million American Anglers: We don't need you

A recently published administration document outlines a structure that could result in closures of sport fishing in salt and freshwater areas across America. The White House created an Interagency Oceans Policy Task Force in June and gave them only 90 days to develop a comprehensive federal policy for all U.S. coastal, ocean and Great Lakes waters. Under the guise of ‘protecting’ these areas, the current second phase of the Task Force direction is to develop zoning which may permanently close vast areas of fishing waters nationwide. This is to be completed by December 9, 2009.

Dave Pfeiffer, President of Shimano American Corporation explained, “In spite of extensive submissions from the recreational fishing community to the Task Force in person and in writing, they failed to include any mention of the over one million jobs or the 6o million anglers which may be affected by the new policies coast to coast. Input from the environmental groups who want to put us off the water was adopted into the report verbatim – the key points we submitted as an industry were ignored.”

Recreational fishing generates a $125 billion annual economy in the United States and supports jobs in every state according to government figures. Through the Sport Fish Restoration program, anglers have provided more than $5 billion through excise taxes on fishing tackle to fishery conservation and education for decades.

In addition to the economic aspects, anglers lead the nation in volunteer conservation efforts on behalf of improving fish habitat, water quality and related environmental areas. “There was no mention of the fishery conservation efforts which anglers have led for over 50 years in every state – an environmental success story that has no equal in the world”, said Phil Morlock, Director, Environmental Affairs for Shimano. “The Task Force did not make any distinction between the dramatic differences between harmful commercial fishing harvest methods and recreational fishing, even though we spelled it out for them in detail,” added Morlock.

Claiming to be the result of a public consultation process the report states, “Having considered a broad range of public comments, this report reflects the requests and concerns of all interested parties.”

The original White House memo and not surprisingly the Task Force report contains multiple references to developing a national policy where Great Lakes and coastal regions are managed, “consistent with international law, including customary international law as reflected in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea” - a 300-page treaty the U.S. has never ratified.

“We question what implications there will be for state authority and jurisdiction in the Great Lakes and coastal regions if the U.S. adopts the U.N. Treaty,” said Pfeiffer.

Posted by Gateway Pundit at 10/12/2009 03:44:00 AM Comments (10) |

 

You can't undo a UN treaty, if the administration signs this, this will be worse than cap and trade and healthcare combined. Please everyone read the treaty, it will give the UN control over every single waterway in the United States including all rivers and ponds, even the ones in your own backyards. Thus, ending our sovereignty as we know it.
Scott | 10.12.09 - 6:29 am | #

 

This is also the model for gun control. Call your Senators.
arch | 10.12.09 - 6:44 am | #

 

Here is some more fun stuff...

Obama advocated the communal ownership of land and the forced
confiscation of privately controlled land, as part of a forced
“development plan”, an important element of his attack on the
government’s advocacy of private ownership, land titles, and property
registration. (p. 29)

Obama advocated dramatically
increasing taxation on “the rich” even up to the 100% level, arguing
that, “there is no limit to taxation if the benefits derived from
public services by society measure up to the cost in taxation which
they have to pay” (p. 30) and that, “Theoretically, there is nothing
that can stop the government from taxing 100% of income so long as the
people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income
which is taxed.” (p. 31)

Obama advocates an “active” rather than a “passive” program to achieve
a classless society through the removal of economic disparities between
black Africans and Asian and Europeans. (p. 28 ) “While we welcome the
idea of a prevention [of class problems], we should try to cure what
has slipped in .. we .. need to eliminate power structures that have
been built through excessive accumulation so that not only a few
individuals shall control a vast magnitude of resources as is the case
now .. so long as we maintain free enterprise one cannot deny that some
will accumulate more than others .. “ (pp. 29-30)

Obama advocates government owned and
operated “model farms” as a means of teaching modern farming techniques
to farmers. (p. 33)

You can read more about this here. http://prestopundit.wordpress.co...hers-socialist/
Nahanni | 10.12.09 - 7:30 am | #

[ClearCase_guy]

Well, since Ken Burns just showed his "National Parks" documentary, I will say this --

It's nice that we preserved Yosemite and other pristine areas. I've heard folks say that such places of beauty should be preserved so that ALL Americans can enjoy them. Of course, the designation limits development, limits access and generally LIMITS the number of Americans who can reasonably go and experience these places of beauty. So the whole thing is somewhat misleading.

Now, I'm not necessarily opposed to National Parks. But these would fall into the category of "The Commons" and our government basically placed them off to the side and said "We need to limit how much you will use these places". A lot of folks think that's good. Maybe it is.

What the government is doing now is going to your favorite place to fish -- a place which you would assume falls into "The Commons" and is throwing you out. No fishing for you, you peasant! We need to preserve this area for ALL Americans -- so get out!

[backhoe]

I have to note that the “Obama advocated” quotes are from Barack Senior. That doesn’t mean our BHO isn’t unsympathetic to them, but they aren’t his own stated positions. I’m particularly referring to the 100% tax and the total communal ownership paragraphs.

Thanks- information's appreciated.

[backhoe]

Can't speak to the anglers but the economy has literally destroyed the yacht companies here in South Jersey. To my knowledge only one of the companies is still building yachts in my region of the state. ...and that one has a very large inventory of yachts they can not sell. Last year my brother ran a line at one of the companies with a crew of 40 men. None of them are presently working there now. They are hoping for an uptake in about six months.

We are on the coast, and one of the spookiest things I just saw?

The first line of boats for sale at a dealer I drive by every day has "bank repo" signs- on all of them.

[GOPJ]

Reminds me of the 1800s in England where millions of subjects were thrown off their land and the lands were possesed by the local royalty. No one could hunt or fish the lands and the locals subjects starved and became a source of cheap labor.

Totalitarians tend to come up with the same solutions.

[mware]

Our school usually does Food and Gift Drives for the Holidays.

Back in the 80's we were swamped with folks needed help in either food or gifts for the kids.

I suspect the same will be true this year.

These are folks who are not the regular customers. They often tell us that they will be able to get the food together to cover dinner, but could use a little help getting the kids something for Christmas.

Amazing thing is we did not need the government to tell us what to do. We do it because it is the right thing to do.

[Cyber Ninja]

Are you sure Soros didn’t just drop trou?

[don'tspeak4me]

bump for later

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[Chickensoup]

Did the Utah folks get undone the executive order Clinton did just before he left office that placed a huge amount of the state into some sort of nationalized entity?

[backhoe]

More background from GP regular bg:

flashback:

LOST

[As the advisors talked among themselves debating whether the administration should sign the treaty as it stood or demand changes, the President sat by silently and listened. With the debate raging, suddenly the President's voice was heard to say, "Isn't that what it was all about?"

Debate stopped as everyone looked over to the President. "What, sir?" Reagan then repeated his statement. "Isn't that what it was all about -- the election? Doesn't it mean that we don’t have to sign these things?"

The group realized that President Reagan had just cut through all of the debate and stated the real issue. His administration had been elected to defend American sovereignty and independence, and that changes in a bad treaty didn't have to be negotiated. He could just refuse to sign and kill it right then and there. Ronald Reagan understood that he was the President of the United States and not a captive of someone else’s power grab.

And the Law of the Sea Treaty remained justifiably dead for the next 12 years until Bill Clinton pulled it out of the trash bin, dusted it off and signed it. Then, in the spirit of Reagan, a courageous Senator Jesse Helms, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, bottled it up until the Clintonistas were driven from power.]

flashforward:

LOST and Found

[LOST -- the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, also called the Law of the Sea Treaty -- regulates all things oceanic, from fishing rights, navigation lanes and environmental concerns to what lies beneath: the seabed's oil and mineral wealth that companies hope to explore and exploit in coming years.

But critics say the treaty, which declares the sea and its bounty the "universal heritage of mankind," would redistribute American profits and have a reach extending into rivers and streams all the way up the mighty Mississippi.

The U.N. began working on LOST in 1973, and 157 nations have signed on to the treaty since it was concluded in 1982. Yet it has been stuck in dry dock for nearly 30 years in the U.S. and never even been brought to a full vote before the Senate.

But swelling approval in the Senate and the combined support of the White House, State Department and U.S. Navy mean LOST may be ready to unfurl its sails again.

Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said during a January confirmation hearing that he intends to push for ratification. "We are now laying the groundwork for and expect to try to take up the Law of the Sea Treaty. So that will be one of the priorities of the committee, and the key here is just timing -- how we proceed."

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, saying the treaty is vital for American businesses and the Navy, told Kerry that his committee "will have a very receptive audience in our State Department and in our administration."

LOST apportions "Exclusive Economic Zones" that stretch 200 miles from a country's coast and establishes the International Seabed Authority to administer the communal territory farther out. The treaty's proponents say it clears up a murky legal area that has prevented companies from taking advantage of the deep seas' wealth.]

note the negative Dhimmi theme throughout
everything when they're in control.. *sigh*

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bg | 10.12.09 - 2:05 pm | #

[ladyvet]

Every single day I wake up thinking they can’t do anything else to shock me....and every single day they do.

[dforest]

Every single day I wake up thinking they can’t do anything else to shock me....and every single day they do.

The pent up anger and outrage is starting to well over. These people are destroying the lives for all of us and our children.

When will it stop? I can hardly read this stuff anymore.

[AuntB]

“A recently published administration document outlines a structure that could result in closures of sport fishing in salt and freshwater areas across America.”

And of course, because of one of Obama’s czars, the liberal Cherokee woman, the ‘tribes’ will be exempt to waste all the fish they can! Enough of this tribal crappola!

[cripplecreek]

Here’s one that will have a huge impact on Michigan.

[DMG2FUN]

Yes they are destroying the lives of people and their children. And as the leftist aka progressives will chant. They are doing it to save the planet.
Aren’t these the very people that live under the evolution theory? Is not what is taking place on the planet called evolution. How are they going to stop evolution?

[cripplecreek]

The Great Lakes Czar head a group that wants to move people back from the water all across the great lakes basin. Since all the water in Michigan flows into the great lakes they would have to get pretty much all of us out of the state.

[Cindy]

THREAD BUMP.

[brushcop]

This smells of UN big time as well as Obama of course, he’s a Marxist.

Also, in case you folks haven’t figured it out yet, we don’t have until 2012. Ain’t gonna happen.

After the fishing industry’s destruction, hunting will be next and you’ll be moved off your land. Study your history. Maybe you’ll enjoy those ACORN types moving into your house.

[cripplecreek]

This smells of UN big time

Agenda 21.

[grellis]

If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.

Correct me if I'm wrong--didn't most of the Great Lake states vote for this clown?