Interesting to get the opinion of somebody in a state where CCA has been around awhile. Thanks. I'm not knocking your post at all, but a few things came to mind at first glance.
For years I've been warning Florida Sportfishing Anglers that the CCA wants a "catch and release ONLY fishery."
Wouldn't be all that bad, considering we're headed for NO fisheries in the future.
But hey, the CCA was able to buffalo the public into believing whatever they wanted because the newspaper writers were beholden to them...
Newspapers here are currently beholden to the indian tribes. According to the papers in our area, the tribes are the saviors of the environment. Those who see how the tribes harvest, sell, and waste fish and game know better. And before anyone jumps on me for it, I'm not saying what the CCA can or can't do about tribal issues.
What happened in Florida is the CCA came in and destroyed our net fishing culture
That's bad? It beats the net fishers destroying your fish populations.
Almost every scientist in Florida will tell you that the CCA information was not correct and that they had almost every species under control and on the increase.
We have scientists from the state and tribes saying a lot of things. Many times they don't add up. Fisheries get netted to death and we're told it's bad ocean conditions that caused the low returns.
Imagine YOUR life completely ruled by a commission beholden to the CCA with NO avenue to appeal rules that devastate the environment, economy and citizens?
I suppose it would be similar to a commission beholden to commercial and tribal netters, only better.
Many state governmental fishery managers have contacted me about the CCA entering their state and spreading lies. They are searching for ways to combat the lies. It is that bad.
Many state governmental fishery managers have led us to this point.
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