Post by HENRY on Oct 26, 2002 10:10:08 GMT -5
WELL THEY ARE AT IT AGAIN, "WO IS ME" THE POOR NETTERS JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE A SEINE NET IN MARTIN COUNTY, JUST 500SQ.FT.....THEY EVEN BROUGHT ONE IN A BUCKET TO SHOW JUST HOW SMALL IT WAS AND HOW LITTLE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE,,,,,"PLEASE DO NOT INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE.....THIS THE SAME GROUP THAT BROUGHT US THE STRING NETS AND KNEW THEY WOULD BE FOUND ILLEGAL,,,,BUT IT TOOK A YEAR TO BE RULED ON,,,,,,,THEIR DEFENSE WAS THAT "YOU DID NOT SAY WE COULDN'T DO THIS"........THIS IS THE SAME GROUP THAT BROUGHT TARP NETS TO THE GULF SIDE AND WANTED TO BRING THEM HERE BUT WAITED THE YEAR AND HALF FOR THE COURTS TO RULE......THIS IS THE GROUP THAT WILL NOT HONOR THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW BUT WILL SEEK A WAY AROUND THE BLACK AND WHITE OF THE LAW..........AND YES THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT SAID "THE LAW SAYS WE CAN NOT TIE THE NETS TOGETHER SO WE TIED A BOARD TO ONE AND THE TIED A NET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOARD",,,,,THEIR DEFENSE WAS THAT YOU DIDN'T SAY WE COULD NOT USE THIS METHOD,,,DAH,,,,,PLEASE GANG THE RIVER NEEDS YOUR HELP.....YOU NEED TO CALL OR "E" THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILD LIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION....mark.robson@fwc.state.fl.us OR YOU CAN CALL MARK ROBSON AT 561-625-5122 AND TELL YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS ISSUE........THERE HAS BEEN A BAN ON SEINE NETS IN MARTIN COUNTY FOR YEARS BUT SOME OF THESE NETTERS WERE ALLOWED TO DO IT ANY WAY,,,,EITHER BY OVERLOOKING, IGNORING OR JUST NOT WANTING TO DO THE PAPER WORK BY OUR MARINE PATROL,,,,,FINALLY WHEN A FMP OFFICER DID CRACK DOWN OUT CAME THE USUAL CRY,,,"YOU LET US DO IT BEFORE"............THIS FROM THE GROUP THAT HAS NEVER ATTENDED A WATER ISSUE MEETING.......BUTCH AND HIS SON WERE AT WADES DOCK WHEN WE CAUGHT THE FIRST MULLET, THEY NETTED THEM FOR US AND THEN NEVER TO BE HEARD FROM AGAIN TILL NOW.....THIS IS A SEND OFF PRESENT FROM DENNIS ARMSTRONG OUR COUNTY COMM. THAT WAS JUST DEFEATED......YOU NEED TO CALL, WRITE, MAKE YOUR POSITION HEARD NOW.... NOT AFTER THE FACT ,,,,,,,NOW IT COUNTS, NOT LATER.....SEINE NETS ARE BAN FROM SEVERAL COUNTIES AND IF THIS PASS'S WE WILL HAVE COMMERCIAL NETTERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE,,,,HERE,,,,TO PILLAGE THE ESTUARY,,,,,,,,,,,,,THIS IS AN URBAN FISHERY NOT GODS COUNTY AS IT ONCE WAS,,,,,,WITH ALL THE OTHER WATER QUALITY ISSUES WE HAVE DO WE NEED THIS?? I ALL READY KNOW THE ABUSE WILL HAPPEN, WHEN, HOW, AT WHAT CONFIGURATION THIS MERE 500SQ.FT. NET WILL BE ONLY THEY KNOW,,,,,,,AND WHEN IT IS RULED ILLEGAL,,,THERE WILL BE A NEW CONFIGURATION TO BE TESTED,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NOW IS THE TIME TO BE HEARD AN "E" CAN BE PRINTED AND GIVEN TO THE BOARD ....YOU NEED TO DO THIS NOW, PLEASE DO NOT WAIT,,,,,,,,HENRY