Posted on 10/24/2002 4:42:08 PM PDT by GeneD
SANTA BARBARA -- The California Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday permanently banned fishing from 175 square miles of ocean around the Channel Islands, approving one of the largest marine reserves in U.S. waters.
The decision culminated four years of scientific and public study and debate over the wisdom of substituting traditional fishing restrictions, such as size and catch limits on selected fish, with a reserve system that protects all forms of marine life.
"California once again is in the vanguard of environmental protection," said Fish and Game Commissioner Bob Hattoy. "This is good for the fish, good for the fishermen and good for future generations."
Hundreds of angry, placard-carrying fishermen said the decision would cut into their livelihoods as well as put some of their favorite fishing grounds off limits.
"We pay a lot of dollars [in fishing license fees] to the Department of Fish and Game for the management of fisheries," said Tom Raftican, president of United Anglers of Southern California. "I have a very difficult time paying for an area I cannot fish."
The commission's 2-1 vote establishes a network of 13 marine reserves and conservation areas in state waters strategically placed around the five islands to give a wide array of fish and shellfish a chance to recover from decades of excessive fishing.
Enforcement of the marine reserves will begin Jan. 1. The size of the areas set aside could grow depending on action by the federal government. Over the next year or two, federal officials will decide whether to expand the cluster of reserves into federal waters, which begin three miles from shore.
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It will take about 5 years, but the migrating schools will leave the protected area - - they are up for grabs
Where's a sniper when you need one?
This essentially happened in Florida with the net ban and noone cared. We used to have all sorts of seafood here and lots of low priced seafood restaurants. They implemented the net ban (in the state constitution yet) and it cost a bunch and no one knows if it helped because only a few sports fisherman are left.
Here's a quick search:
Environmentalists Unite To Ban Sport Fishing - JCAA News (June ...
Environmentalists Unite To Ban Sportfishing. by Mike Nussman, Pres.
and CEO of American Sportfishing Assoication. (from Jersey Coast ...
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Environmental Groups Threaten to Ban Sport Fishing - Fly Angler's ...
... stories . . . Environmental Groups Threaten to Ban Sport Fishing By Mike
Nussman President & CEO, American Sportfishing Association. Just ...
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Readers Casts Archives
... Walking' - Not What You Might Think Rewards of Lesser Paths Traveled A Grand Old
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FYI Notes
... http://boatbiz.com/index.asp. Letter to the Editor: Environmentalists unite
to ban sport fishing. Readers are invited to send e-Letters to the Editor. ...
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FYI Notes
... It's a pleasure and honor to be a PA BASS Chapter Federation, Inc. member.
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Florida Coastal Management Program | Waterfronts Florida - Cortez
... Old Homosassa. Although commercial fishing has been hurt by the net
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PETA/Fish
... In October of last year, the non-profit animal rights organization PETA (People for
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Jerk on one end; a review of the book by Robert HughesTerry ...
... like to ban sportfishing. In my opinion, people who want to ban sport
fishing ought to be banned themselves. (Maybe we can send ...
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... O'Neal to stop going on hunts, and both Western Outdoors and Bassmaster Magazine
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JET SKIS
... fighting each other. We have enough on our hands with the pro-closure
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