[VeniVidiVici]

I don't think I've ever been this angry before in my entire life.

The oil spill in the Gulf will have HUGE ramifications on the fishing industry. So what does the government do? They have a meeting in Orlando and extend a ban on snapper and grouper fishing indefinitely. From FL to SC. This includes the entire FL shoreline.

Local fisherman have provided much anecdotal evidence the snapper population is healthy and asked that the decision be made when the next count is done in December. Denied.

I truly think this Obama administration is evil incarnate. The Florida representatives, Republican AND Democrat, better scream about this.

[kitchen]

What, you don’t like the fish from China? You know, the stuff grown in sewage lagoons.

[southernnorthcarolina]

Well, I guess I'd better get these out of the way:

"All your snapper are belong to us."

and

"When snappers are outlawed, only outlaws will have snappers."

[OB1kNOb]

Does this apply to all fishermen, commercial and recreational?

[eleni121]

I suggest that men take a trip to Mt Athos and enjoy as much fish as they like.

Delicious fish at Athos

[rlmorel]

Ping for later. I swear he is deliberately trying to push the country towards open revolt.

[chemicalman]

I don't think I've ever been this angry before in my entire life.

You and me both.

A couple months before Horizons explosion, some friends and I were fishing at a rig and we chummed a huge school of red snapper to the surface. They were slapping the surface of the water with the pogie pieces we were throwing at them. Yep...red snapper population are depleted...stupid fishery council.
Won't be seeing that for a long time to come.

[Caipirabob]

I don’t recognize their authority. No one else should either.

[screaminsunshine]

Screw the whole damn Government and all their BS! Up theirs!

[chessplayer]

How dare they prevent fishermen from fishing them to extinction.

[chessplayer]

“Local fisherman have provided much anecdotal evidence the snapper population is healthy”

Yeah. And cod fishermen in Canada said the stocks of cod were healthy. Guess what. The cod are gone and are never coming back.

[FlyingEagle]

Soon the Goobermit will have us eating Soylent Green.

[takenoprisoner]

“Members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted 9-4 in favor of the ban”

Who are these people, and how do they wield this sort of power over our lives?

[califamily4W]

I work for the largest food service provider in the US. We were updated on this topic today.

Finfish - grouper, flounder, tuna, and snapper production, are to have minimal to light impacts due to the gulf oil spill.

[Vob]

Well it looks like things are going just as planned. Pew Trust, EDF, and The Nature Conservancy have been pushing for this for quite some time. The Gulf will be next. The effort is to push legislation to bring about marine spatial planning, payments for ecosystems services within the framework of trading platform for the natural resources of our oceans.

It should look familiar to many freepers. Can you say “cap and trade” for fisheries. The interesting thing is the groups are working as partners with BP. The organization at the root of it all once again is the United Nations. Take a look at this http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/installing-meters-at-the-beach-10758/

vob