Mandatory salt water fishing licenses, license handling fees, more environmental police, and now "voluntary surveys" conducted by a new cadre of bureaucrats.
New law? No, just new regulations....
Where do you think this is going?
My guess, more fees and taxes on equipment and, ultimately, the "use" of the ocean and the privilege of fishing
UN control and the Save the Fish movement.
Just as the old Washington State Dept of fisheries began to time openings for commercial salmon fishing based on the amount of fish available and the price per pound in order to destroy the commecial fishery, so too will NOAA take that page and apply it to the same end.
fishing licenses with fish tags...you catch 10 fish, you buy 10 tags...
I'll just go offshore in my boat for a few days, enjoy some fresh seafood, and back to the house....WHAT FISH?
Why? So they can shut it down too, along with oil drilling?
Obama's is getting very close to the worst administration in US history. All he needs is to jail a few political prisoners and I think that will be enough to move him ahead of Wilson.
F ´em. Gone fishin´.
Meanwhile here in NC the commercial guys are slaughtering the stripers in by-catch.
The hook line and sinker crowd are not depleting the fish population, its the commercial factory ships that are. A trawler probably brings in 100 times more than the typical party boat. My hometown had about 80 party boats in its heyday, now it isn’t worth taking anyone fishing as the cost of a fare exceeds that which you would spend at a fish market for a couple of pounds of fish. Who wants to pay $40 and only be allowed to keep 2 fish of a certain size or type? Thank God I grew up in a time when there were no factory ships, and there was an abundance of fish close to shore.
Another overreaching federal program just screaming for a massive budget reduction.
I think you’re right. My son is a big fisherman and lives in California - he was actually goint to get into the party boat business, until it started dying because of regulation and the shutting down of fishing (by everybody except the Native Americans, who can overfish to their heart’s delight and sell it abroad).
I live in Florida, and every day they talk about shutting down yet another recreational fishing area or halting even recreational fishing of yet another species, in some cases with absolutely no indication that the supply is endangered in any way.
This is another attempt to control and destroy an industry Florida and California both make (or made) billions off the recreational/sport fishing industry.
The local businesses, surf fishermen, surfers, etc have battled this on the Outer Banks for years now.
http://hubpages.com/hub/NC-Outer-Banks-Beach-Access-Piping-Plovers-Off-Road-Vehicles
“This summer, businesses and fishing alike are suffering thanks to a consent decree accepted by U.S. District Court Judge Terrence W. Boyle April 30, 2008. The history is awfully complicated, and I’ve read reports from various sources for years trying to make sense of what is going on.”
Incredible...
I don’t understand how anyone provides anything useful information to gov’t anymore...it is only going to be used against them.
Obama probably just wants to calculate the further job losses when he outlaws fishing...needs time to come up with spin and a new unemployment formula to cover it up!