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Save the Bait - Protect Pogies in the Sound - RaleighGRN - 01-08-2009
[url "http://action.healthygulf.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=23018"][#0000ff][font "Arial"][size 2]Click here to tell the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources to save the bait![/size][/font][/#0000ff][/url]
The Sound is an amazing natural resource, home to wildlife like dolphins and pelicans and famous for its fantastic fishing. Unfortunately, it's threatened right now by industrial menhaden boats and an irresponsible Department of Energy plan to dump hundreds of millions of gallons of polluted salt water into the Mississippi Sound.
Menhaden are the most important link in the Sound's foodchain, and are eaten by everything from dolphins to redfish. This is why they make such great bait, and why it's so important we have healthy schools out in the Sound. Texas has already put sensible limits on the pogie boats, and states on the East Coast have completely kicked the industry out of their waters but the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources still hasn't taken action!
[url "http://action.healthygulf.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=23018"]Click here[/url] to send the Commission a strong message that it's time to protect the health of our coastal economy and natural resources by putting sensible limits on the pogie boats and government-trained, industry funded observers on board the boats to monitor the amount of other sea life which is accidently captured and killed in their nets.
[url "http://action.healthygulf.org/tellafriend.jsp?tell_a_friend_KEY=3706"] [/url][url "http://action.healthygulf.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=23018"]http://action.healthygulf.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=23018[/url]
Re: [RaleighGRN] Save the Bait - Protect Pogies in the Sound - gdn443 - 01-09-2009
I sent it along. I don't know if they will listen to an east coast fella. But it needed to be said. Good luck on this and keep us posted.
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Re: [RaleighGRN] Update on January CMR Meeting - gdn443 - 01-23-2009
Well good luck with that. We have bowed to the commercial guys here in the northeast as well. We have to throw back any fluke less than 18"and yet the commercial guys can keep anything 14" and up. Trust me there are few at 18" Seems all we can do is keep plugging for our fisheries. Best of luck on yours.
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