The Press release announcing the Keep Fishermen Fishing Rally in Washington, DC on March 21 is available at http://www.fishnet-usa.com/KFF_Release1.pdf We’ll be working on a Twitter feed as well.
Please get the word out. The foundation-funded stooges have already started their offensive focused on the “Magnuson’s fine as it is and the fishing is great” fantasy. We need your support and your commitment to counter them. We don’t have their dollars, but we have the truth on our side and don’t have to resort to deceit.
http://www.fishnet-usa.com/KFF_Release1.pdf
www.fishnet-usa.com
U.S. Coastal Fishermen to Rally in DC March 21
Keep Fishermen Fishing Organizers Unite to Fix Federal Fisheries Law
In another historic show of solidarity, U.S. recreational and commercial fishermen will gather beside the U.S. Capitol on
March 21, 2012 in an organized demonstration supporting the amendment of the Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation
and Management Act (Magnuson Act). Signed into law in 1976, in recent years the Act has been transformed from its original
intent, to conserve our nations fish and support our nations fishermen, into a weapon employed by a handful of megafoundations
and the anti-fishing ENGOs they support to drive fishermen off the water.
A rally on February 24, 2010, under a United We Fish banner, brought some 5,000 recreational, commercial and
party/charter vessel owners and folks in associated businesses from all over the country to Washington. More than two dozen
members of the Senate and the House of Representatives took time out from their busy schedules to address the crowd.
The March 21 rally is being billed as Keep Fishermen Fishing, and once again will unite the commercial, and recreational
sectors under one common message: fair access to the seas.
The initial Washington rally was a monumental success that helped put the plight of Americas coastal fisherman and those in
related businesses in the public eye. However, a continuous stream of regulatory requirements are l