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Default A little respect for the commercial fishers

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Catch your own fish. Or eat beef. Commercial guys rape the
waters.



I agree.

Jim, can I then assume you don't eat any seafood that doesn't come
out
of Lake Michigan?
On the end of your personal fishing line?

No Alaska King Crab, Louisiana shrimp, or even tuna fish for you.
:-)
Bummer.


NP Chuck. I boat and fish on Lake Erie, not Lake Michigan.

Just because I eat fish does not mean the commercial fishermen are not
raping the waters. They sure are on Lake Erie.

Lake Erie. duh, of course. Zero points to Gould for geography.

So you agree with NOYB that commerical fishermen are raping the waters,
but disagree with NOYB that everybody should catch his or her own fish.
Thanks for the clarification.

I don't think that everybody whould catch his/her own fish. But curbs
need to be imposed on commercial fishing.

The commercial guys take 89% of the grouper out of the Gulf...yet they
keep reducing the limits for recreational anglers.


That makes no sense.



How about yelling at your elected chumps to stop issuing commercial
licenses NOW, so as the fisherman die or retire, there will be less
commercial pressure? I think I read about that already being done
elsewhere.


The problem is that the commercials managed to get their very own
Manchurian Candidate on the NMFS council.

Dr. Roy Crabtree is the NOAA Fisheries Service's Southeast Regional
Administrator. He's also a shill for the commercial fisherman, and has
opposed every suggestion to buy out the commercial licenses as they
expire.



You have time and money. Instead of complaining here, how about walking
around the marina with a petition, and sending it to your governor? Then,
follow up with phonecalls until his office gives you an appointment.
Hell...my son and his friends got a defective math teacher repaired in 9th
grade using a petition. You should be able to do it. Ask the local newspaper
for help. They're always looking for stories, especially in backwaters like
Rat Mouth.