Agree with Stam.
I joined because I was glad to see an organization focused on building a HUGE membership, and a well-funded political action committee. I don't pretend to understand all the complex issues involved in our fishery management, but meanwhile I think we should recognize that this is a *political* problem as much as anything.
All the talk about what the "right" or "smartest" thing to do is, but in truth I think until the sporties achieve critical mass, it doesn't matter how right or how smart we are.
Like it or not, most political solutions are based less on FACTS than we'd all like, my annual membership is an acknowledgment of that.
I argee with Stam and IrishRogue
My son and I both joined. Something has to be done now.
Saying that nets are not the problem; that loss of Habitat is the major item that needs correcting. todd is half wrong and half right. Nets out in the ocean result in bycatch as do the gill nets in the sound and the rivers. The loss of habitat is a death by a thousand cuts that the State, Counties and Cities allow everyday. Who is going to stand up to Developers, Commercials, and Indians. We have been screaming; each in our own voice. We need band together so that our voices are heard. Complaining on the forum will not win the battles that need to be fought.
BAN THE NETS and bring back the fish traps (allow selective harvest) and revisit the Bolt Case.
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