Texas Fishing Reports - - This can't be good - Statement from Eric Schwaab, NOAA's Assistant Administrator for NOAA's Fisheries Service The Ocean Policy Task Force has not recommended a ban on recreational fishing. The draft reports by the Ocean Policy Ta

TokioTX · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:50 pm Post subject: This can't be good

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/saltwater/news/story?id=4975762

Bret · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:14 pm Post subject:

yeah.. we are all in deep doo doo!! contact your legislators and voice your opinion. they will only listen, if a whole lot of us contact them!

Capt_Dan · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:16 pm Post subject:

Obama sucks. Period.
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TokioTX · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:29 pm Post subject:

This is a battle we will probably be fighting the rest of our lives. They are patient and believe in incrementalism, but they are going to go for broke the next two years.

SavageRods · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:41 pm Post subject:

I wonder if he'll give us fishermen and people in the industry a bail out too, everyone else is getting one, why not us. This guy is just incredible. Like Tony said, this will be a long tough battle
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Capt_Dan · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:03 pm Post subject:

I am never going to stop fishing. Nothing they can do about it except throw me in jail I guess. I typed a long response earlier and accidently deleted it. If they take my right to fish away I am going to fight to take away his right to play basketball or his right to cut his grass, I take that back thats my damn grass.
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TokioTX · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:48 pm Post subject:

Statement from Eric Schwaab, NOAA's Assistant Administrator
for NOAA's Fisheries Service

The Ocean Policy Task Force has not recommended a ban on recreational fishing.

The draft reports by the Ocean Policy Task Force do not contain a zoning map and do not establish any restrictions on recreational fishing, nor make any judgments about whether one ocean activity or use is better than another. Instead, the reports set up a policy and framework for effectively managing the many sustainable uses of the ocean while upholding our responsibility to be stewards of our oceans, coasts and Great Lakes.

As a member of the task force, NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco, has said, and I echo her on this, that saltwater recreational fishing is vital to this nation and NOAA is committed to building a strong partnership with America’s saltwater anglers to ensure that Americans have opportunities to fish sustainably for generations to come.

Saltwater recreational fishing matters to me on a personal level as a recreational fisherman, it matters to millions of Americans who enjoy this great sport and it matters to our economy. Our most recent economic report shows it supports a half million jobs and generates $82 billion in sales each year.

NOAA is committed to adopting policies that will ensure that current and future generations have the opportunity to enjoy the great tradition of recreational fishing.

For more information contact Monica Allen, NOAA Fisheries Communications at 301-713-2370 or email her at monica.allen@noaa.gov

Thanks,

Jess

Jessica Maher

Legislative Affairs

White House Council on Environmental Quality

730 Jackson Place, NW

Washington, DC 20503

Main Line: (202)-456-6224

Direct: (202)-456-9726

Cell: (202)-731-3202

jmaher@ceq.eop.gov


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