Shaking my head.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by wdmso

who's job it is the state or the feds and whos money is being used ..

RIDEM has no responsibility to enforce fishing in the EEZ or the budget equipment or staff to pull it off

Specifically, the Coast Guard is
charged with at-sea enforcement of fisheries laws throughout the U.S.
exclusive economic zone (EEZ)—the area of ocean extending from three
to 200 nautical miles offshore17—in order to protect the nation’s extremely
valuable fishery resources.

eliminating enforcement This is just another example of this administrations mantra .. less regulations are better . with out knowing how and why they they were put in place to begin with

It boggles my mind why an outdoorsman would back the Republican Party. .. there seems to be a disconnect between the thought process that the fed government needs to get out of our way and not limit our freedoms, yet the tree hugging liberals want to also limit our freedoms. It’s the same logic that illlegal aliens are going to steal your job, yet are too damn lazy to support themselves and will be a drain on society.

I hope everyone has noticed that the White House has made it fair game to drill for oil all up the eastern seaboard.

Boy.. won’t it be great to have all that freedom to fish for striped bass that won’t be there around all those oil rigs?!? God bless Murika
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[bart]

Originally Posted by Nebe

It boggles my mind why an outdoorsman would back the Republican Party. .. there seems to be a disconnect between the thought process that the fed government needs to get out of our way and not limit our freedoms, yet the tree hugging liberals want to also limit our freedoms. It’s the same logic that illlegal aliens are going to steal your job, yet are too damn lazy to support themselves and will be a drain on society.

I hope everyone has noticed that the White House has made it fair game to drill for oil all up the eastern seaboard.

Boy.. won’t it be great to have all that freedom to fish for striped bass that won’t be there around all those oil rigs?!? God bless Murika
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This. And I knew you were going there and was hoping you would. How fisherman, hunters, outdoorsmen, conservationist, etc can still back this administration is beyond me.
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[piemma]

I go in a huge argument with a bunch of "fishermen" from NJ last week. Their claim is that no one if fishing in the EEZ, that it is heavily patrolled by enforcement and I am full of crap. Oh well, as Mike P said, they will find out soon enough when the stocks collapse.

In that vain, I met a guy from MV down here (SC) last week. Was a cop on the Vineyard for 30 years, Derby committee member and avid striper fisherman. He said the Vineyard is a "ghost of what it once was" for Stripers.

[Steve K]

Originally Posted by Nebe

It boggles my mind why an outdoorsman would back the Republican Party. .. there seems to be a disconnect between the thought process that the fed government needs to get out of our way and not limit our freedoms, yet the tree hugging liberals want to also limit our freedoms. It’s the same logic that illlegal aliens are going to steal your job, yet are too damn lazy to support themselves and will be a drain on society.

I hope everyone has noticed that the White House has made it fair game to drill for oil all up the eastern seaboard.

Boy.. won’t it be great to have all that freedom to fish for striped bass that won’t be there around all those oil rigs?!? God bless Murika
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Amen! There won’t be any clean water and clean air too. How don’t people remember what the ‘70s were like. There will not be an fish left to catch and those that you can catch will not be safe to eat.
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