Scott Deal Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 MBC forum community, we need a full court press on this. Please use this link to contact your represenatives. We have a park superintendent gone rogue and we can't let this happen. :susel: All hands on deck, all hands on deck. There are no penalties for piling on. http://www.capwiz.com/nmma/issues/alert/?alertid=56740581&type=CO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schwaggen Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 done Here is a link to senator Rubio. http://keepamericafishing.salsalabs.com/o/6394/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4053 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95Bonefisher16 Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Pardon the stupid question, but how does this work--you enter your contact info and NMMA determines which house rep is to receive it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdsnook Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Done....this is outrageous... :susel: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatsdoctor Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 do you know what areas they are talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE OUTLAW Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 On it like stank on poo! :susel: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocksail Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Done and p***ed it along to other non-MBC folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Sent it off to my two Senators and my Congressman. Thanks for reminding us to do this, Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lap it Up Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Thanks for posting Scott. This proposal is crazy. Lets hope this doesn't go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limitless Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 As a non-resident (unfortunately) I wrote Senators Rubio and Nelson and referred to the 6+ fishing trips I make to S FL and the Keys every year - at least 2 include fishing Biscayne Bay. Folks like me are a very positive impact on FL's economy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzo Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Lots of areas they are proposing to close off are unreasonable!!! There were 5 alternatives presented at the public meetings months ago... The park officials gave a presentation based on BS scientific data that had absolutely no validity and was self contradicting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 It,s your neck of the woods. Can you find the crazy map with the so called buffer zones and other restricted areas. I have seen it but can't find it now. Yea we all have heard about the marine reserve, but it appeared as they had a bunch of access denial areas on the map. I'm sure you have probably seen it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzo Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 It,s your neck of the woods. Can you find the crazy map with the so called buffer zones and other restricted areas. I have seen it but can't find it now. Yea we all have heard about the marine reserve, but it appeared as they had a bunch of access denial areas on the map.I'm sure you have probably seen it as well. Funny you mention that... I was presenting this to a local fishing club a couple of weeks ago and when I went to pull up the charts from the Park's website, they already took them down. I will see what I can dig up this evening. There was only 1 alternative that would be "dooms day" for inshore fisherman, but I think there were 3 of them that would close off a large area of reef off of Elliot Key to dedicate them as a "marine sanctuary". When will they understand that closure is not management? Pole and troll zones are rediculous in the Bay... those getting grounded are not fisherman like me and you. There is no bonefish roundup taking place at the Arsenickers. Bonefishing doesn't work like that. Most of the people damaging the resource are pleasure boaters who either have no clue how to navigate the waters properly or are misled by the lack of signage. On top of that, even if areas are proposed restrictred, there will likely still be a lack of enforcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Copy That, The thing that people are mislead about is when they talk about the percentage of closed area. Kind of like California, the claimed small percentage they closed out there accounts for 85% of the areas that people actually catch fish. They know darn good and well that 100% of the park is not productive to fishing. I wish they would do a survey to show the truth. It might show only 20% of the park has productive fishing. Taking 10% of that might just appear a little more alarming. "Ya think" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train Wreck Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 [image]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w27/theseadogspickies/coming-soon-biscayne-marine-reserve.jpg[/image] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzo Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 That's the only one that comes up when you type a search in Google. Did not find the rest of the alternatives though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shasson Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reel Loco Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilge rat Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Done. Thanks for keeping us informed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95Bonefisher16 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatsdoctor Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Here too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex mora Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 me too! who would create laws like that? not a boat/fishing enthusiast for sure. They can adopt others methods to control fishery and care for the bay. why are the marine engine manufactures expending great amount of money and resources in new technology to meet new emission control standards if local governments won allow the use in some of our water. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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