BY CARIE L. CALL,
Published by news-press.com on December 19, 2003


Lee County boaters who hit the throttle through state-posted manatee slow
speed zones this weekend may not be breaking the law.

A Lee Circuit Court appellate ruling has Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission officials confused over whether the slow speed
zones can be legally enforced.



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RG wrote:

BY CARIE L. CALL,
Published by news-press.com on December 19, 2003


Lee County boaters who hit the throttle through state-posted manatee slow
speed zones this weekend may not be breaking the law.

A Lee Circuit Court appellate ruling has Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission officials confused over whether the slow speed
zones can be legally enforced.



http://news-press.com/news/cape/p_031219mantee.html




Obviously, then, this is the weekend to get out in your powerboats,
open the throttles and slam into as many manatees as
possible.
Manatees, after all, have no reason to live, not when they get in the
way of powerboaters in a hurry.

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Obviously, then, this is the weekend to get out in your powerboats,
open the throttles and slam into as many manatees as
possible.

You are going to have to be doing doughnuts at the end of the FPL discharge
pipes at the power plant. The water temperature is around 61-63 everywhere else
and if there is a manatee there he is dying anyway.

spoken like a true sailor

Greg,
Why is he dying?
Paul

"Greg" wrote in message
...
Obviously, then, this is the weekend to get out in your powerboats,
open the throttles and slam into as many manatees as
possible.

You are going to have to be doing doughnuts at the end of the FPL
discharge
pipes at the power plant. The water temperature is around 61-63 everywhere
else
and if there is a manatee there he is dying anyway.

According to the folks at Mote Marine Labs 67 is about as cold as the water can
be before manatee start becoming cold stressed.
Without FLP the manatee would have migrated south over a month ago.
Now they hang out in the middle of the Okeechobee waterway, the only east-west
route across the peninsula of Florida. It is like putting a salt lick in the
median of I-75 and wondering why all the deer keep getting hit.



Greg,
Why is he dying?
Paul


"Greg" wrote in message
The water temperature is around 61-63 everywhere
else
and if there is a manatee there he is dying anyway.

Greg,
Okay now I understand your statement. Thanks.
Paul

"Greg" wrote in message
...
According to the folks at Mote Marine Labs 67 is about as cold as the
water can
be before manatee start becoming cold stressed.
Without FLP the manatee would have migrated south over a month ago.
Now they hang out in the middle of the Okeechobee waterway, the only
east-west
route across the peninsula of Florida. It is like putting a salt lick in
the
median of I-75 and wondering why all the deer keep getting hit.



Greg,
Why is he dying?
Paul


"Greg" wrote in message
The water temperature is around 61-63 everywhere
else
and if there is a manatee there he is dying anyway.

West Indies Manatees become very susceptible to viruses and die when the
water temp falls to the mid-to-high 50's. They are unnaturally drawn to the
warm-water discharge from FPL's plant along the Caloosahatchee...instead of
swimming back to where they came from.



"Paul Schilter" paulschilter@comcast,dot,net wrote in message
...
Greg,
Why is he dying?
Paul

"Greg" wrote in message
...
Obviously, then, this is the weekend to get out in your powerboats,
open the throttles and slam into as many manatees as
possible.

You are going to have to be doing doughnuts at the end of the FPL
discharge
pipes at the power plant. The water temperature is around 61-63
everywhere
else
and if there is a manatee there he is dying anyway.

Interesting. Not based on sound science. We have hunting & fishing regs
which are based on whatever science we have, even though it may be imperfect
thus far. I don't know many people who complain about those regulations.

The thing that makes this unconstitutional is that there is a federal
regulation. This is a state issue.