News Coverage of Vision Project hearing in MI

WPDE-TV – "‘We want some controversial items that are opposed by nearly all fishermen removed, like catch shares, which is an effort to privatize the fishery, electronic monitoring of a vessel, and more closed fishing areas,’ said Tom Swatzel, a council member with Sustainable Fishing. ‘We just don’t need those at this time.’

The Vision Project which was initially launched last year by SAFMC was blasted by local fishermen Monday night.

‘How much consideration was put in about what we the fishermen had to say at those meetings, because it seems like it was very little,’ said one local fishermen to the representatives with SAMFC, who were conferenced in for the public hearing.

Local fishermen said the current proposed regulations would put them out of business and make the fishing economy obsolete on the Grand Strand."

Click here for the full story and video: www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=1232973#.Va4mBPlViko

There is a Vision Project public hearing today, July 21, in Mt. Pleasant at 6 pm:
Mt. Pleasant Waterworks, 1619 Rifle Range Rd., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

Tom Swatzel
Executive Director
Council for Sustainable Fishing
www.Sustainablefishing.org

Thanks, Tom.


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Couldn’t make it bc of work but curious from those who were able to go how it went???

sure would have been there if i had found out about this 24 hours ago

I attended the Mt P meeting on 7/21. Only 4 or 5 members of the general public attended. I thought it was a good meeting, too bad the attendance was low.

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Thanks for posting Tom and thanks to those that went. I was very disappointed to be out of town. It is a shame that so many will put in the effort to fish offshore and so few will put in a little effort to support the meetings involved in massive change for our fishing rights. No, I couldn’t change my flight…