The first round of postcards opposing Vessel Monitoring Systems have been ordered and the webinar is fast approaching. Please sign up for the April 4th VMS Q&A webinar if you have not already done so. You can learn more about VMS and sign up for the webinar at the link on my website’s homepage. www.freefish7.com There is also a link to Amendment 30 and the email address to submit public comments as well as a petition that still needs a little more than 600 signatures in a month.
This is an extremely important issue that needs as many people working on it as we can get. Stopping VMS from being forced on commercial fishermen now will keep it from spreading to the for-hire and recreational sectors later. It will also help to slow the creation of new Marine Protected Areas. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to help with the next round of postcards. Thank you!