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I thought this was interesting, it was posted on a different websit in a similar thread.
As everyone knows I lost 15% of the coast of California to recreational fishing FOREVER and that 15% was 50% of the structure on the coast.
Just like this there was no real data that showed recreational fisherman were hurting fish stocks or that the bio-mass was at a critical levels. The worst part is there was no decrease of pressure on fish stocks, rather it just moved more pressure into other areas. Smaller bag limits and increased size regulations would have been more effective which we proved by hiring scientists to model out. It didn't matter. Wanna know why?
The people who want these MPAs represent a large group of people who want nature in a 100% pristine state untouched by man. There is not compromise when that is your goal. I watched PEW pay to bus in children from local schools who said they wanted to save the coral reefs in California (never mind there are no coral reefs). The whole thing was so corrupt the head of Western Petroleum was on the specially appointed "Blue Ribbon Task Force" who implemented the final maps... funny that fracking is still legal in these MPA zones but recreational fishing isn't.
This is serious serious scary stuff. I can't tell you how horrible it feels to be told you will never fish in your favorite area ever again for the rest of your life.
Take this stuff seriously because once the ball gets rolling it's harder to stop.
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