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1 posted on 10/24/2002 4:42:08 PM PDT by GeneD
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To: GeneD
I don't know all the facts here. Was the area being fished out? If so, I can see them having a temporary ban for a few years. Not for good though.
2 posted on 10/24/2002 4:45:31 PM PDT by A CA Guy
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"This is good for the fish, good for the fishermen . . ."

How is banning fishing good for fishermen?
3 posted on 10/24/2002 4:46:00 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: GeneD
Said Hattoy, "I am God".
4 posted on 10/24/2002 4:46:54 PM PDT by dasboot
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Gene, this is an "issue I'm aware of but don't actively follow"-- there is a move afoot by extremist groups to totally ban sport and commercial fishing- everywhere, all the time.

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 ...
www.jcaa.org/JCNL0206/0206Ban.htm - 16k - Cached - Similar pages

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 ...
www.flyanglersonline.com/features/ readerscast/rc203.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

Readers Casts Archives
... Walking' - Not What You Might Think Rewards of Lesser Paths Traveled A Grand Old
Flag Avoiding Divorce Environmental Groups Threaten to Ban Sport Fishing Where ...
www.flyanglersonline.com/features/ readerscast/archive.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

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. ...
www.pabass.com/1_FYI/1_fyi_notes_peta.htm - 16k - Cached - Similar pages

FYI Notes
... It's a pleasure and honor to be a PA BASS Chapter Federation, Inc. member.
FYI Notes - Archived. ... Fishing Tournaments Business or Hobby??? ...
www.pabass.com/1_FYI/1_fyi_notes.htm - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

Florida Coastal Management Program | Waterfronts Florida - Cortez
... Old Homosassa. Although commercial fishing has been hurt by the net
ban, sport fishing guides do a brisk business. Sports Afield ...
www.dca.state.fl.us/ffcm/FCMP/waterfronts/ community/homosassa.htm - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

PETA/Fish
... In October of last year, the non-profit animal rights organization PETA (People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals) launched a campaign to ban sport fishing ...
www.ashevilletribune.com/new_page_125.htm - 10k - Cached

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 ...
searider.net/jerkononeend.htm - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

Fish & Game Finder - Articles and Press Releases
... O'Neal to stop going on hunts, and both Western Outdoors and Bassmaster Magazine
published editorials outlining PETA's ongoing attempts to ban sport fishing. ...
www.fishandgame.com/features/71702news.htm - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

JET SKIS
... fighting each other. We have enough on our hands with the pro-closure
lobby that is trying to restrict or ban sport fishing. Follow Ups ...
www.kayakfishing.com/wwwboard/messages/1780.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

8 posted on 10/24/2002 5:19:30 PM PDT by backhoe
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To: GeneD
Doesn't this effectively ban fishing off the Santa Monica pier, and other recreational/sports fishing off the coast of southern California?
10 posted on 10/25/2002 5:33:44 AM PDT by monkeyshine
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