Florida Sportsman Forums - Conservation Front http://forums.floridasportsman.com/ Issues related to marine fisheries, the environment and conservation. en Sat, 25 May 2013 15:41:03 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.floridasportsman.com/images/misc/rss.png Florida Sportsman Forums - Conservation Front http://forums.floridasportsman.com/ snook and lobster stamps.. http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?112940-snook-and-lobster-stamps&goto=newpost Sat, 25 May 2013 12:37:49 GMT I would like for people to think about this for a minute and try to realize any American Sportsman or Sportswomen have a lot of pride to go buy their... I would like for people to think about this for a minute and try to realize any American Sportsman or Sportswomen have a lot of pride to go buy their yearly Licenses.. so yesterday I am at a home of some of my friends I fish with and tell them I just went down and bought my new rip proof, waterproof, smear proof licenses and it now does not even come with a small green folder jacket.. and the print is so small that the wildlife officers will soon be needing glasses..! she goes out to the garage and comes back in with a box load of her old yearly licenses and begins to show me her 'actual' old snook and lobster stamps from every year.. they were big enough to see, had cool lobsters and snook drawings along with the year and cost. I try to point this out because if we have people with that much pride still walking the face of this earth the powers on high should really look at this as that and go back to a time when the rules were printed out in large print again and we have stamps.. If your still looking at this as a old miserable grumpy person and you don't give a hoot .. think of a kid getting their first licenses even if you don't care.. see pride comes from being taught that what we have means something still.. hope this makes people think. have a great day and go fishing.. take glasses and a rule book with you to decipher the regs.. :) ]]> Conservation Front testerman28 http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?112940-snook-and-lobster-stamps Zing! http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?112755-Zing!&goto=newpost Fri, 24 May 2013 00:24:36 GMT ]]> Conservation Front FV Miss Mary http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?112755-Zing! <![CDATA["Feds must hold Commerce to law on fishery aid"]]> http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?112431-quot-Feds-must-hold-Commerce-to-law-on-fishery-aid-quot&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 02:23:26 GMT http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/x326083930/Our-view-Feds-must-hold-Commerce-to-law-on-fishery-aid http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/x32...on-fishery-aid ]]> Conservation Front FV Miss Mary http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?112431-quot-Feds-must-hold-Commerce-to-law-on-fishery-aid-quot <![CDATA[The 'scam' must be reversed!]]> http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111436-The-scam-must-be-reversed!&goto=newpost Thu, 16 May 2013 04:49:49 GMT :nono The 'scam' must be reversed!

The system has been rigged since the 2006 hijack of Magnuson, designed to intentionally reduce our fishing days in an attempt to coerce us into accepting their catch share BS. They want to EXPAND that cash cow into the recreational fisheries and THAT is what all of this is about. Nothing more, nothing less. The health of the fisheries and the well-being of our coastal communities and fishermen have absolutely NOTHING to do with it. The NMFS needs to be de-funded and the control and management of our fisheries handed over to the states where they belong, as this scam has revealed them for what they are (hint: and it's NOT competent fisheries managers). Captain Thomas J. Hilton

Reps Bonner & Southerland have introduced a bill into the house & senate that would turn the regulation making power of reef fish over to each of the five Gulf states out to 120'.
This bill deserves the support of everyone interested in free access to our fishery. In addition, MSA must be amended to give much needed flexibility. The 'scam' must be reversed! Bob Harbison ]]> Conservation Front harbison http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111436-The-scam-must-be-reversed! a real good blog about this years crazy weather ... http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111404-a-real-good-blog-about-this-years-crazy-weather&goto=newpost Wed, 15 May 2013 23:09:43 GMT hope you enjoy some of the links..

http://classic.wunderground.com/blog...?entrynum=2407


don't go all :willynilly on me either.. :) be ready for anything always.. after all we are spinning around pretty quick.. have a great day.. ]]> Conservation Front testerman28 http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111404-a-real-good-blog-about-this-years-crazy-weather NOAA Fisheries denies two Gulf Council requests... http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111308-NOAA-Fisheries-denies-two-Gulf-Council-requests&goto=newpost Wed, 15 May 2013 14:07:31 GMT *NOAA Fisheries denies two Gulf Council requests to rescind red snapper rules impacting 2013 season* ---Quote--- Crabtree said the main reason... NOAA Fisheries denies two Gulf Council requests to rescind red snapper rules impacting 2013 season

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Crabtree said the main reason the council approved the emergency rule granting him the additional powers was to ensure states that complied with federal regulations were not penalized with season closures based on the actions of non-compliant states.
]]> Conservation Front FV Miss Mary http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111308-NOAA-Fisheries-denies-two-Gulf-Council-requests Darden supports ARS ban http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111294-Darden-supports-ARS-ban&goto=newpost Wed, 15 May 2013 13:08:48 GMT Not sure if it was posted elsewhere, looked but didn't see it.http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-..._story_display

I won't be spending my money at any Darden restaurants anymore. ]]> Conservation Front Lunchmeat http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111294-Darden-supports-ARS-ban new director http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111189-new-director&goto=newpost Tue, 14 May 2013 19:30:25 GMT FWC has new law enforcement director Col. Calvin L. Adams Jr. has joined the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as its new law... FWC has new law enforcement director

Col. Calvin L. Adams Jr. has joined the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as its new law enforcement director, according to an FWC news release.

He will oversee more than 1,000 employees, direct their enforcement efforts in Florida and manage the budget for the FWC’s Division of Law Enforcement.

“The FWC has an excellent team,” Adams said. “From our command staff and administrative support in Tallahassee to our officers in the field, we work together every day to protect people and natural resources. I’m honored to be named as the leader of this dedicated group.”

Adams succeeds Jim Brown, who is retiring from the director of law enforcement post he's held since 2009.

“Col. Brown has been an exceptional leader with a true passion for ensuring that people can safely enjoy Florida’s natural resources,” FWC Executive Director Nick Wiley said.

Adams began his career with the Florida Marine Patrol, one of the FWC’s predecessor agencies, in 1985 in Indian River County and worked his way up through the ranks. He lives in Tallahassee. ]]> Conservation Front ANUMBER1 http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111189-new-director Black Sea Bass http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111168-Black-Sea-Bass&goto=newpost Tue, 14 May 2013 16:59:13 GMT just got the latest update looks like the genius's at Noaa are at it again they are going to increase black sea bass limits. Freakin amazing they rebuilt this species after what 2 years. Good god what a bunch morons, would like to know who the 3 that voted against it were. Well at least get to dust off the bottom rods here soon and get to keep some tasty bass. ]]> Conservation Front bay20 http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111168-Black-Sea-Bass national ocean zoning plan http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111115-national-ocean-zoning-plan&goto=newpost Tue, 14 May 2013 13:03:17 GMT "Most troubling is the requirement that federal entities implement a national ocean zoning plan known as "Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning to "better manage" a host of commercial and recreational activities and reduce what are said to be conflicts among incompatible human activities."

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/05/11/289823...#storylink=cpy

http://www.adn.com/2013/05/11/289823...an-policy.html ]]> Conservation Front FV Miss Mary http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111115-national-ocean-zoning-plan Do Your Favor a Recreational Fishery for Goliath grouper? http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111000-Do-Your-Favor-a-Recreational-Fishery-for-Goliath-grouper&goto=newpost Mon, 13 May 2013 19:07:21 GMT See the Conservation Front front page for news about a new University of Florida survey and study on what should be done about goliath grouper... See the Conservation Front front page for news about a new University of Florida survey and study on what should be done about goliath grouper management. What do you think?

Your views may be important when the state decides whether to implement a limited opening for taking goliaths.

It's interesting perhaps that the University of Florida is doing this survey/study. whereas Florida State University is home to a highly opinionated program that is against any opening of a goliath fishery. The Gators and Seminoles may knock heads on this one. ]]> Conservation Front FS Karl Snapper http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?111000-Do-Your-Favor-a-Recreational-Fishery-for-Goliath-grouper Bill banning possession of red snapper moves forward in state Legislature http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?110885-Bill-banning-possession-of-red-snapper-moves-forward-in-state-Legislature&goto=newpost Mon, 13 May 2013 02:31:09 GMT "Proposed legislation comes in reaction to federal contention that species is being overfished."

http://www.louisianasportsman.com/details.php?id=5133 ]]> Conservation Front FV Miss Mary http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?110885-Bill-banning-possession-of-red-snapper-moves-forward-in-state-Legislature Can someone explain sources of Phosphorus in water? http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?110776-Can-someone-explain-sources-of-Phosphorus-in-water&goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 14:57:38 GMT Looking at data from Superbloom 2011 in Banana and Indian Rivers which devastated seagrass. It appears Phosphorus which declined for 27 years spiked... Looking at data from Superbloom 2011 in Banana and Indian Rivers which devastated seagrass. It appears Phosphorus which declined for 27 years spiked in 2010 and 2011 to the highest levels in thirty years.

My understanding is Phosphorus is from fertilizer, sewage and opening up the ground (excavations).

All newspaper articles seem to blame the guys fertilizing their lawns and a cold 2010 winter, but to raise Phosphorus levels the amount seen in the data seems impossible given the levels have been in decline for 27 years.
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]]> Conservation Front pcan http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?110776-Can-someone-explain-sources-of-Phosphorus-in-water From an acorn a tree grows. http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?110719-From-an-acorn-a-tree-grows&goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 01:46:44 GMT "Every person who believes in Central Planning sees himself as one of the Central Planners."

http://www.nwmaritimelaw.com/2013/05...ingtons-coast/ ]]> Conservation Front FV Miss Mary http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?110719-From-an-acorn-a-tree-grows Why I belong to the RFA http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?110073-Why-I-belong-to-the-RFA&goto=newpost Tue, 07 May 2013 22:10:07 GMT :USA Why I belong to the RFA: (Bob Harbison)
"We have coastal economies shrinking on a monthly basis, while the fish populations that support them are growing or even completely rebuilt in many cases, that's why RFA has waged this ongoing campaign to counterattack the ENGO rhetoric,"
About Recreational Fishing Alliance
The Recreational Fishing Alliance is a national, grassroots political action organization representing recreational fishermen and the recreational fishing industry on marine fisheries issues. The RFA Mission is to safeguard the rights of saltwater anglers, protect marine, boat and tackle industry jobs, and ensure the long-term sustainability of our Nation's saltwater fisheries. For more information, call 888-JOIN-RFA or visit www.joinrfa.org


Recreational Fishing Alliance
Contact: Jim Hutchinson, Jr. / 888-564-6732 For Immediate Release
May 7, 2013


DAY 1 OF 'FISH BUZZ BINGO' ENDS

EDF Cocktail Party Reception Set To Kick Off


May 7, 2013 - With the first day of the three-day Managing Our Nation's Fisheries conference ending in Washington DC today, many attendees are now on their way to a reception in the East-State Room at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel presented by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

According to the Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA), the first day of the conference, presented in part by Pew Charitable Trusts and the Walton Family Foundation, put many of the environmental sponsors in an uncomfortable position early in the day.


"We heard from a few insiders that some of the Pew activists were very unhappy at hearing how fisheries managers were looking for incorporation of some additional flexibility in the federal fisheries law," said RFA executive director Jim Donofrio. "While the show sponsors are working hard to undermine the need for management flexibility, the actual council members in attendance and giving presentations have completely contradicted the position held by the conference sponsors."


Announcements by the Department of Commerce praising the healthy status of many U.S. fish stocks has put many of the environmental non government organizations (ENGO's) like Pew and EDF on shaky ground on Capitol Hill in recent years, as it becomes harder and harder to justify their pleas for more drastic harvest cutbacks on the recreational fishing community. Donofrio said that a series of regional fishery management council perspectives delivered at the conference this morning further evidenced the longstanding position by the RFA.


"Even the chairman of the New England Fishery Management Council, who has been a frequent critic of RFA and the hundreds of different recreational and commercial organizations who have united in a plea to revise the federal fisheries law to incorporate some limited flexibility, shocked a few of the ENGO's today by admitting that flexibility would be helpful," Donofrio said. "It would seem that many of the folks who make decisions at the regional management council level are all supportive of fixing the Magnuson Stevens Act this year."


According to conference insiders, there's been plenty of buzz about President Obama's recent nomination of Penny Pritzker for the Secretary of Commerce appointment too, particularly as the president made clear his top priorities "to grow the economy, create good middle-class jobs [and] make sure that the next generation prospers." Donofrio said that the present fisheries policy don't reconcile with the President's stated priorities.


"Fishing communities throughout the U.S. are largely made up of the middle class, and yet the current fishery management policy being prosecuted by the administration and our Commerce Department is indisputably destroying many of the businesses and communities that have sacrificed to help rebuild those stocks," Donofrio said. "The Gulf of Mexico's recreational red snapper fishery is a prime example where onerous regulations have undermined the ability of local fishing families to support themselves."


"We have coastal economies shrinking on a monthly basis, while the fish populations that support them are growing or even completely rebuilt in many cases, that's why RFA has waged this ongoing campaign to counterattack the ENGO rhetoric," Donofrio said.


On Sunday, RFA sent out a critical bulletin which satirized this week's Pew-sponsored fisheries conference, posting a Fish Buzz Bingo card with fishy corporate buzz words and acronyms apt to be heard at workshops and presentations in DC this week. Donofrio said it didn't take long for someone to yell out 'bingo' at this morning's conference.


"One of the presenters made reference to Fish Buzz Bingo this morning, right before launching into his own board-clearing presentation of management lingo, but we've posted a new version today for folks who plan on attending tomorrow's sessions on fishery management essentials, ecosystem-based decision making or fishing community stability," Donofrio said.


To download a new Fish Buzz Bingo gameboard, go to:
http://joinrfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BINGO.pdf

RFA lampooned this week's Managing Our Nation's Fisheries Conference because of what they long ago tabbed the 'hijacking' of the fisheries management process by well-heeled advocates from the environmental community. Many of the same groups who helped spearhead radical changes to the 2006 reauthorization of Magnuson-Stevens resulting in devastating impact to the recreational fishing industry are also key sponsors and presenters at this week's DC event.


"Middle class fishermen aren't attending this conference, but none of the conference organizers or sponsors really care much what that guy has to think anyway," Donofrio said. "This is an event presented by the environmental industry, whose staff makes up a significant portion of the conference attendees and continues to grow significantly with huge budgets, while the fishing communities over which they have gained so much control are shrinking and hemorrhaging money."


"Some of the wealthiest groups in the environmental industry have pledged massive resources to block efforts to bring relief to these working fishing communities through meaningful reform of our federal fisheries law, but if the President and Congress can incorporate their priorities for socioeconomic growth into sound fishery policies, maybe a few of our middle-class jobs can be saved, and fishing communities and families can prosper," he said ]]> Conservation Front harbison http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?110073-Why-I-belong-to-the-RFA