[calcowgirl]

More "bipartisanship" at work.

SB 201, Sustainable Oceans Act

Number of Republicans voting for legislation
Assembly:  2 (6%)  Shirley Horton, Mark Wyland
Senate:    2 (14%) Abel Maldonado, Jeff Denham

[BlazingArizona]

Remember when environmentalists supported fish farming as a sustainable alternative to our traditional hunter-gatherer ocean fishing, which depletes species?

Now they're turning against fish farming as "unnatural". Commercial fishermen, whose self-interest is obvious, are only too happy to contribute to this effort.

[TexasTransplant]

It is "California"

What is there left to say

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

This will hurt operations at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, IMO.

[Zeppo]

He said the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Association had lobbied for passage of the act.

Foolish and short-sighted. The government that is big enough to "protect" you by tightly restricting the operations of fish farms is also big enough to restrict you out of business.

[John Jorsett]

Could one just put his fishery beyond the twelve-mile limit?

[calcowgirl]

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14677587.htm

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed into law new rules giving California the toughest ocean fish-farming regulations in the United States.

The measure, written by State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, is designed to reduce the risk of pollution and harm to marine wildlife from giant floating pens of tuna, halibut, or other species that could result if the aquaculture industry expands to the California coast.

"Ocean fish-farming can now be part of California's future without sacrificing the environment," Schwarzenegger said. "This legislation will lay the groundwork for a new California aquaculture industry to thrive while providing an abundance of healthy food and more jobs."

The bill was supported by the Ocean Conservancy and other environmental groups. It passed mostly along party lines, with Democrats voting for it and nearly all Republicans voting against.

The new law requires the California Fish and Game Commission to identify which coastal locations are best suited for fish farming. It also directs the commission to require fish-farming companies to reduce pollution and chemicals, tag all farmed fish, minimize the risk of fish escaping and return each site ``to its original condition'' after the operation is finished.

[OKIEDOC]

Kalifornia politics are so screwed up that nothing short of the Hispanic terrorists will save this sorry state of affairs.

[NormsRevenge]

Here's an SFGate.com from earlier.

Thanks for posting this.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1639355/posts
CA: State becomes 1st to regulate fish farms
SFGate.com ^ | 5/27/06 | Mark Martin


Posted on 05/27/2006 10:14:15 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

[Carry_Okie]

Coastside commercial fishermen were pleased that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday signed the Sustainable Oceans Act, severely restricting future fish-farming along the California coast.

[snip]

There are currently no finfish aquaculture operations on the California coast.

Nor will there be, simply because the water is too warm. Successful fish farms are in Alaska, Canada, Scandanavia, and Chile for that reason.

They ought to rename this moron, "Joe Simian."