Posted on 10/05/2013 12:29:17 PM PDT by smoothsailing
October 5, 2013
Obama is wrecking the Florida fishing industry now.
Thursday back in South Florida, a day after limits for the National Institutes of Health made headlines, it was the fear of food drying up and a prohibition on fishing in waters of Florida Bay that took center stage.
Charter guides received a message from the National Park Service this week informing them that they are not permitted to take clients fishing in Florida Bay until the feds get back to work. That means that more than 1,100 square miles of prime fishing is off limits between the southern tip of the mainland to the Keys until further notice.
The closing affects not only fishing guides, but anyone with a license to conduct business in the park, including tour operators and paddling guides — anyone with a Commercial Use Authorization permit, said Dan Kimball, superintendent of Everglades and Dry Tortugas national parks.
Biscayne National Park is also off limits. Enforcement rangers will be on duty, Kimball said.
To point out the obvious: If we’re in a “shutdown,” why are rangers out there at all?
Because, spite.
Capt. Mike Makowski, owner of Blackfoot Charters in Key Largo, estimates this eliminates 60 percent to 70 percent of his hunting grounds.
“This is going to put a lot of guys together in a small area close to the park,” Makowski said. “It’s going to be even worse on the weekend when we’re going to have to compete with the recreational anglers.”
Florida went narrowly for Obama in 2012. May Florida voters learn the lesson that he is now giving to them good and hard.
That was my thought ... seems like they can find “extra” resources when they want.
The State Board of Trustees erred when they transferred those waters to the Fedgov. As per the FL Constitution the title to the Navigable waters of the State are held in trust for the citizens and can not be wholly alienated from them. This is also backed up by case law in the FL and U.S. Supreme Courts.
I think it’s time to return ownership back to the people of Florida. BTW, the State FWC is doing a far better job of managing the fisheries.
On the bright side - it will be tough to spin that his spending more time and energy (and manpower) to shut things down than it would have taken to leave them open, is Repubs fault...
” May Florida voters learn the lesson that he is now giving to them good and hard.”
Many who voted for Bammy were either SE FLoriDUH Libtard Jews or welfare clients of assorted theological backgrounds. All were, in essence, “Gibsmedat” Persons or deluded fools who suscribed to “With my guilt, and your gelt, we can do great things.”
The Founders knew why they didn’t allow the propertyless to vote on disposition of the property of others.
Florida has a school system deeply mired in the socialist slime of environmentalism. Generations of young Floridians were propagandized until sufficient numbers of FloriDUH voters were generated to vote into exsistance the plague of regulations they now suffer under.
Remove the regulations, fire the “swarm of officers sent hither to eat out our substance” sell the regulatory buildings - OR - face continual destruction of the Republic nad your own assets and future.
PS The Socialism impaired are already spending your children’s assets and are about spend your grandchildren’s assets.
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