Capt Frank Hopkins wrote:

2 Florida counties filed intent to sue Federal Fish and Wildlife over new
manatee zones. The suit alleges the zones are unnecessarily restrictive to
local users and instituted based on unsound science.

Duval and St. Johns counties claim old boundaries worked they way they
were intended and draconian limits on the usage of the river are
unnecessary. "We will not waste any more time on fruitless and unproductive
dialog," states official.

The save the manatee club based in Maitland, FL, commented they have spent
thousands of dollars to prove the limits are absolutely required.

They would have been better off spending the money to buy Kevlar jackets for the
manatees. If everyone who hit a manatee broke their prop and/or destroyed their
lower unit, instead of merely injuring the animal, then the need for slowing
down (or not) would be obvious... and wouldn't need law enforcement.

Fair Skies-
Doug King