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scottw · 01-06-2010, 09:25 AM

a little closer to home...

01/01/10 at 10:17 PM

The Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) charges that the Government has already acknowledged that data collection methods used to justify red snapper closures were not intended to be used for such purposes.
NOAA/NMFS, in conjunction with Pew Charity, is, under provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), so very quick to close down fisheries. However, NOAA continues to ignore requirements of MSA to eliminate all inconsistencies within the data collection process.
Mister Bob Bryant, President / CEO of Actuarial Systems Group ,explains why, (January issue of Woods'n Water, page 123), trust in NMFS is 'At an all-time low.' NMFS should use extreme caution in relying on what he, and we, call, "Highly suspect data."
Per this data expert, "Anecdotal evidence from across the Gulf of Mexico and up ,and down the East Cost from North Carolina to Florida indicate that red snapper and grouper in both these regions are in a strong rebound. On many reef complexes it is almost impossible to get a bait past red snapper to other species." Nothing new to us. I see it every time I visit the Middle Grounds.
East Coast Fisheries (SFA) Chairman, Mister James G. Hull Jr., (Woods'nWater, January, page 63): "All recreational fishermen, sport fishermen, commercial and average citizens of this country will no longer have local fisheries resources available to them because of the Pew Charity, which is now in charge of managing our nations fisheries." Pew Charity is an independent nonprofit charitable trust beneficiary of seven individual charitable funds.
Pew, (info @ pewtrusts.org.), was established in 1948. Pew is vigorously campaigning to protect what it calls ,"Overfished species." Pew, in the words of Captain Bob Zales, "Is the primary enviro group working to destroy fishing and boating."Mister Hull continues: "This is just the first installment of many more installments of your ocean resources being given to the Pew Charity. This has nothing to do with valid science and is totally a political decision." As Pew Charity spokesman Joshua Richards says, "It's not about science, it's about politics."
Mister Bob Jones, SFA, "I cannot support an agency decision that needlessly puts people out of work and who will not listen to scientists not on the government teat or serving on the hand-picked SSC Committee. I hope you keep an eye on the Pew Charity because there isn't a charitable bone in that corporate body.

01-06-2010, 09:25 AM	#15
scottw Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 12,632	a little closer to home... 01/01/10 at 10:17 PM The Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) charges that the Government has already acknowledged that data collection methods used to justify red snapper closures were not intended to be used for such purposes. NOAA/NMFS, in conjunction with Pew Charity, is, under provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), so very quick to close down fisheries. However, NOAA continues to ignore requirements of MSA to eliminate all inconsistencies within the data collection process. Mister Bob Bryant, President / CEO of Actuarial Systems Group ,explains why, (January issue of Woods'n Water, page 123), trust in NMFS is 'At an all-time low.' NMFS should use extreme caution in relying on what he, and we, call, "Highly suspect data." Per this data expert, "Anecdotal evidence from across the Gulf of Mexico and up ,and down the East Cost from North Carolina to Florida indicate that red snapper and grouper in both these regions are in a strong rebound. On many reef complexes it is almost impossible to get a bait past red snapper to other species." Nothing new to us. I see it every time I visit the Middle Grounds. East Coast Fisheries (SFA) Chairman, Mister James G. Hull Jr., (Woods'nWater, January, page 63): "All recreational fishermen, sport fishermen, commercial and average citizens of this country will no longer have local fisheries resources available to them because of the Pew Charity, which is now in charge of managing our nations fisheries." Pew Charity is an independent nonprofit charitable trust beneficiary of seven individual charitable funds. Pew, (info @ pewtrusts.org.), was established in 1948. Pew is vigorously campaigning to protect what it calls ,"Overfished species." Pew, in the words of Captain Bob Zales, "Is the primary enviro group working to destroy fishing and boating."Mister Hull continues: "This is just the first installment of many more installments of your ocean resources being given to the Pew Charity. This has nothing to do with valid science and is totally a political decision." As Pew Charity spokesman Joshua Richards says, "It's not about science, it's about politics." Mister Bob Jones, SFA, "I cannot support an agency decision that needlessly puts people out of work and who will not listen to scientists not on the government teat or serving on the hand-picked SSC Committee. I hope you keep an eye on the Pew Charity because there isn't a charitable bone in that corporate body.