Posted on 12/16/2010 7:19:41 AM PST by george76
The state of Alaska filed a lawsuit Tuesday in an effort to stop a federal agency's plan to protect endangered sea lions by restricting fishing in the western Aleutian Islands.
According to Parnell's office, up to 900 people are employed by fleets in the areas where fishing will be restricted. It says the plan would cost fishery losses of tens of millions of dollars annually, and it believes the federal agency committed procedural violations that limited input from the public and experts.
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Sorry, Alaska, the Federal government cares little about jobs.
When will they pass the “Freedom from Work Act” and get it over with?
Let me guess, Alaska went to McCain in 2008.
Has anyone ever checked how many of these animals are living? They are so prevalent, that they will take over docks, boats and beaches in inhabited areas in the Puget Sound, let alone Alaska. There should be at the minimum reporting of deaths of these creatures, at the best, a bounty on each carcass.
Sea Lions are only endangered in Washington DC and in the fevered delusions of enviral whackos.
AS seen by the tens of thousands who lost their jobs for Obastard’s gulf oil drilling ban.
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