Posted on 08/12/2006 7:05:23 PM PDT by calcowgirl
After six years of political debate and scientific study, California is poised Tuesday to become the first state in the nation to create a broad network of "no fishing" zones off its coast...
The idea is simple, and based on one of the leading new trends in marine biology.
Provide fish a rest from hooks and nets, scientists say, in certain key spots known as "marine protected areas" and they will grow bigger and more numerous. The hope is that they'll eventually restock kelp forests, rocky underwater canyons and the rest of the ocean along the state's coastline.
The California Fish and Game Commission is scheduled to vote on the plan Tuesday in Monterey, Calif. It would affect up to 13 percent of the Central Coast's waters out to three miles, from Half Moon Bay to Santa Barbara.
"This is a historic moment in how we manage our oceans," said Warner Chabot, vice president of the Ocean Conservancy, an environmental group in San Francisco.
"It's comparable to decisions by Teddy Roosevelt to create national forests and wilderness areas 100 years ago."
The Fish and Game Commission, a five-member body whose majority was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, was told to draw up the plan under a law signed by former Gov. Gray Davis in 1999. The commission will choose from four options. ...
The one supported by fishermen, for example, would put 5 percent of Central Coast waters off limits to all commercial and recreational fishing. The environmentalists' plan goes furthest. It would set 13 percent off limits. In the middle, a plan drawn up by a "blue ribbon task force" of Schwarzenegger appointees would place 10 percent off limits. And the recommendation from the state Department of Fish and Game staff calls for 8 percent off limits.
(Excerpt) Read more at contracostatimes.com ...
The Fish and Game Commission, a five-member body whose majority was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, was told to draw up the plan under a law signed by former Gov. Gray Davis in 1999.
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just carrying on the legacy..
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They've already put most of the rivers and streams off limits, so this should be expected I suppose. I suspect they'll soon put a lot of Big Sur off limits to hunting as well. Giant Condor sanctuary.
No fishing, no power-plants, no guns...what else?
No smoking.
most rivers and streams are off limits these days???..when did that happen??????.....
No people.
look for the dollar trail....somebody is going to make out big somewhere....I don't believe that things are just done to be" good " for the environment.....
Pretty soon we'll all be confined to our homes, waiting for orders or permission slips for everything we do.
Next they'll hand them over to the UN.
It's illegal to put real egg in a Caesar's Salad --all egg products sold in a CA restaurant must be COOKED.
If Arnold did this it must be a good thing. After all he's a REEEEEpublican.
If Phil Angelides is elected he's going to outlaw fishing and grind up our boats into sawdust and feed them to homeless people in their oatmeal. Just remember Arnold has promised not to raise our taxes and Angelides has never even been to Mars. /FO
---most rivers and streams are off limits these days???..when did that happen??????.....---
It was like that when I left 2 years ago. I don't have the regulations any more, but basically fisherman were limited in places like the Carmel, Little Sur, Big Sur Rivers to 1 fish to be taken on a barbless hook on 1 weekend out of the year.
On the San Lorenzo River I believe the fish had to have a tag. On many of the little central coast streams, fugetaboutit.
Feel free to relocate to Texas
Oh, Hell no! I don't want this liberal crap near my home! Let them stay in their socialist utopia and suffer with the government they elected!
Yep, it's called Permits/Fees/Certifications/Registrations/Taxes/etc.......
Notice the script?
4 plans putting varying percentages of Central Coast waters off limits:
13 percent (Enviros), 8 percent (DFG), 5 percent (supposed fishermen).
Arnold comes in as "middle ground".
Where is the plan that says ZERO? I suspect the fishermen cited aren't truly fishermen, at all.
(Go ahead--call me a cynic, lol)
Really? I learned something new!
(No anchovy, no raw egg... why bother!)
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