Visit the home page of CCA South Carolina to review the Federal Register.
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Originally posted by ccascVisit the home page of CCA South Carolina to review the Federal Register.
Surprise, surprise…
Sorry for the delay Chris; here are some links that should answer your questions.
MPA
http://www.joincca.org/Positions/2000/MPA.html
MPA
http://www.joincca.org/Positions/2001/MPA1.html
Snapper
http://www.joincca.org/media%20room/South%20Atlantic/SA.htm
There is additional testimony on these issues on the website at www.joincca.org. Once there, visit the CCA Newsroom or the Advocacy tab (position statements) to review.
that would explain why CCA was absent at teh washington march, and why they havent been on board trying to stop the closure off south carolina.
"Common Question Regarding CCA’s
Position on MPAs
Does CCA oppose marine protected areas?
No."
that is from the link provided.
I am all for sustainability and conservation, but this is EXACTLY why I chose to support the RFA.
Below is the full text of the link that is being referenced.
Common Question Regarding CCA’s Position on MPAs
Does CCA oppose marine protected areas?
No. CCA opposes the arbitrary exclusion of recreational anglers from our nation’s renewable fishery resources. CCA opposes regulations that prohibit recreational fishing access unless it can be scientifically determined that recreational fishermen are the cause of a specific conservation problem and traditional conservation measures are inadequate to solve the problem.
Has CCA ever supported area closures?
CCA has supported the use of area and time closures. We have supported area and time closures (combined with controls on displaced effort) to reduce highly migratory species bycatch. CCA equally supported an area closure intended to prevent fishermen from targeting a gag grouper spawning aggregation area (that later turned into an arbitrary blanket closure to all recreational fishing and prompted a lawsuit by CCA).
Doesn’t the NASA/Cape Canaveral no-fishing zone show the value of these types of closures?
No. The blanket access closure in the area surrounding Cape Canaveral was implemented for NASA security. There is some thought that the exceptional recreational fishing in adjacent areas to the closure is directly attributable to this no-fishing zone. But with a state gill net ban and increased state regulatory measures to conserve coastal resources (which were both spearheaded by the interests and efforts of recreational fishermen), it is impossible to link the security closure to improved fishing.
What is the Freedom To Fish Act?
CCA and the American Sportfishing Association worked with congressional leaders to draft The Freedom To Fish Act (S 1314). It was introduced late in the 106th congressional session (sponsored by Sen. John Breaux, D-LA and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-TX) where it was referred to committee. This critically important bill has been reintroduced in the 107th Congress (by Sen
This post shows that the cca is a pawn for the government. I wonder what some research would find on who is who and where they came from.
"Does CCA oppose marine protected areas?
No. CCA opposes the arbitrary exclusion of recreational anglers from our nation’s renewable fishery resources. CCA opposes regulations that prohibit recreational fishing access unless it can be scientifically determined that recreational fishermen are the cause of a specific conservation problem and traditional conservation measures are inadequate to solve the problem. "
Who’s science?? We’ve already seen “science” and that’s why ARS are on the banned list. Sorry, but, no dice.
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Thousands have died to save my freedom. Only one has died to save my soul!
We have LOTS of red snapper in the EEZ off Chas.I have been forced to move away from them a few times this year already.I don’t see how the paltry % of the overall rec red snapper catch caught off SC makes any difference in the big picture.They are just not here in the #s that they are to our south.Yet we still have plenty.There is some reel faulty science being played here I fear and fishermen are paying the price for it,literaly and actually.
PS:Pls forgive my writing and spelling skills as I attended public school in Hanahan SC.
“Modern day Robin Hoodism-Steal from the sucessful and give to the poorly motivated.”
thats enough out of you capt eddie
I also attended hanahan, an mys speeillng bees juss good
I was Hanahan upper crust.My girlfriend was over age 16 and had most of her teeth.
“Modern day Robin Hoodism-Steal from the sucessful and give to the poorly motivated.”
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Originally posted by ccascWhat is the Freedom To Fish Act?
CCA and the American Sportfishing Association worked with congressional leaders to draft The Freedom To Fish Act (S 1314). It was introduced late in the 106th congressional session (sponsored by Sen. John Breaux, D-LA and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-TX) where it was referred to committee. This critically important bill has been reintroduced in the 107th Congress (by Sen. Breaux and Sen. Hutchison) to help ensure recreational anglers’ freedom to fish. It includes a specific set of criteria for the proper utilization of marine protected areas while acknowledging recreational anglers’ freedom to access our nation’s renewable marine fisheries.
Just an FYI, it is now the second half of the 111th Congress. The 107th Congress mentioned above was completed January 3, 2003.
Many things have changed since then- including CCA members on the SAFMC pushing for large area bottom fishing closures sort of off the record and also CCA’s championing of 2006 reauthorization amendments to the Magnuson Stevens Act which helped directly lead us to the perceived red snapper “crisis” whereby fishermen and small business owners are being and will continue to be harmed financially, culturally and socially. No, it is not bad medicine that we need to swallow right now. It is not medicine at all actually. Rather, it is poison.
It is some folks’ perception that CCA believes a reduction in fishing pressure for a species is always a good thing. Our question is what happens when all that’s left in the end after closures and regulating out anybody who does anything to a fish- no matter the sustainability or lack thereof- are mega-funded commercial interests and some catch-and-release folks? The last ones left standing, as it were. What happens then?
The money…
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Thousands have died to save my freedom. Only one has died to save my soul!