noaa survey with enclosed $500 check

[buckman]

This speaks volumes of the kind of people that would cash the check. We are being played and we should be damn pissed about it. I would wipe my ass with the check and send it unsigned to the Obama campaign to cash!

[TheSpecialist]

I would tell them " Fishing is priceless, now go #^&#^&#^&#^& yourself....."

[RickBomba]

Yeah,
I would pay them $500 to stop sending me emails and leave me the F&^%k alone. Oh wait, I already did that.

Maybe for their next act they will pay me $1000 to stop having fun for the year.

Why do I feel like PETA is behind this somehow?

[Finaddict]

I am by no means an economist and have no training as such ... but can we honestly believe that someone went to college or graduate school to receive an economics degree to come up with this idea ... ????

Once again, this department of the government is operating bass ackwards on the management of a truly valuable resource .... and activity.

The economic value of fishing goes much further beyond tackle and fuel, even lodging ... but also food, clothing, hospital bills when you slip on a dock or take a chinner on the rocks ... yes those two heinous accidents were quite costly and occurred while fishing ... the ancillary expenses, I believe are much more dramatic.

And, as already stated, they should be spending the money and their efforts on protecting the stocks further.

This is a truly a misguided effort ... completely absurd.