Posted by Mike McKenzie on 6/12/2008, 7:44 pm
67.187.143.157
Get ready for a Federal Fishing License...These people can't manage fisheries nor, apparently do research on their own. Now they want anglers to pay them for fishing in ever smaller patches of Ocean. Start writing your congressional representatives now to stop this bit of insanity!!
NATIONAL OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, DC
Contact: Monica Allen 301-713-2370
NOAA to Propose Requiring Saltwater Angler Registration
NOAA’s Fisheries Service will discuss a new proposed requirement that recreational anglers who fish in federal ocean waters be registered in a national saltwater angler registry before fishing in 2009 in a phone press availability on Wed., June 11. The rule also requires registration by those who may catch certain species anywhere, including striped bass, salmon, and shad.
WHAT: Phone press availability
WHO: Jim Balsiger, NOAA acting assistant
administrator for NOAA’s Fisheries
Service Gordon Colvin, NOAA fisheries biologist
301-713-2367 x 175
WHEN: Wed., June 11, 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. ET
WHERE: Please contact Monica Allen at 301-713-2370 for call-in information.
BACKGROUND: The national saltwater angler registry is part of a larger state and federal initiative to improve the quality and accuracy of data on marine recreational fishing catches. This improved data will help scientists and policymakers make the best conservation decisions to ensure the sustainable management of valuable fish stocks for those who enjoy fishing today and for future generations. It will also help measure the positive economic effects of recreational fishing on the national economy.
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