Civil war erupts as Indigenous tribe moves to ban fishing in coastal California enclave

New York Post ^ | July 8, 2026 | By Zain Khan

[artichokegrower]

A bitter battle is brewing along California’s Central Coast as an Indigenous tribe pushes to create a protected ocean zone that could sharply limit fishing — sparking fears among local fishermen that their livelihoods are on the line.

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has filed a proposal to create a new Marine Protected Area (MPA) stretching from Morro Rock to the local dog beach near Morro Bay

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; chumash; demagogicparty; entitled; indigenous; morrobay; morrorock; newyorkpost; santaynezband; zainkhan

[artichokegrower]

Need to shut down every godawful Indian casino in California

[rlmorel]

That will, hands down, be approved in California.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Give the chief a couple of cases of Canadian Club, and you should be able to buy him off.

[mfish13]

The Indians usually ban everyone from fishing except for no limits on the Indians. Then they kill off the population with overfishing.

[hanamizu]

A bitter battle is brewing along California’s Central Coast as an Indigenous tribe...

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Indigenous tribe; do they mean Indian tribe?

[ridesthemiles]

IS THIS THE SAME ACREAGE NEWSOM JUST DEEDED BACK TO A TRIBE???

[1FreeAmerican]

Yeah - MY FIRST QUESTION ALSO!

But I think we’re both correct on this.

WTF - Over!

[Libloather]

So, it has begun...

[FrankRizzo890]

We just need some Chinese fishing vessels to show up and start fishing it. Like they do all of the west coast of the Pacific.

[nuke_road_warrior]

Give the chief a couple of cases of Canadian Club, and you should be able to buy him off.

From Blazing Saddles

Hedley Lamarr: If you will just sign this, Governor. Right here.

Governor Lepetomane: Yes, yes. What the hell is it?

Hedley Lamarr: Well, under the provisions of this bill, we would snatch two hundred thousand acres of Indian land, which we have deemed unsuitable for their use at this time. They're such children.

Governor Lepetomane: Two hundred thousand acres? Two hundred thousand acres? What'll it cost, man, what'll it cost?

Hedley Lamarr: [brings out a carton of paddleballs] A box of these.

Governor Lepetomane: Are you crazy? They'll never go for it. And then again they might. Those little red devils... they love toys!

[bwest]

I’m getting pretty tired of Indians.

[BigJimSportCamper]

Dot AND feather.

[pawpawrick]

I recall some years ago here in northern Wisconsin there was a conflict between sportsmen and resort owners and the local tribes. Police had to hold the white people back while the Indians went out and speared hundreds of pre-spawn female walleyes, only to bring them to the dock and dump them in the trash in front of everybody. As a result the bag limits on many lakes were one or none. It killed the sport fishing industry for years.