Its time to fight back and start screaming or else.....

[Samson]

NEAH BAY -- A member of the state Fish and Wildlife Commission behind a controversial proposal to close a six-square-mile area off Cape Flattery to sport fishing to protect groundfish and rockfish now says he expects the issue to be tabled for about a year.

His fellow commissioners need more time to review whether a closure is needed to protect the area's groundfish population, said David Jennings of Olympia.

Jennings' proposal remains in the agency's draft 2010-2012 sport fishing rules document, which will be considered for a vote during the commission's Feb. 4-6 meetings.

"We're just going to put this on a different time track," he said.

Entire story: http://peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091229/NEWS/312299995




They are doing everything they can to eliminate spearfishing here in the Pacific NW. Im not sure if any of you read some of the other dive forums in the NW, but they all blame spear fishing for the decline of rockfish and lingcod here in the sound. Its rediculous, but the WDFW is listening....

I urge you to contact your local rep and start screaming.

[Aegean]

man they're freaks here in wa. I think the best option for spearos is to leave this damn state and move to ca. after all, america's heart is in california.

[Diablo Loco]

I think the best option for spearos is to leave this damn state and move to ca. after all, america's heart is in california.

I think you better rethink that. California has more laws, higher taxes, and more tree-huggers than any other state. It's more screwed-up here than anyone could ever understand, unless you lived here. It's become so bad, a lot of people are trying to move out of this state. :eek::eek:

[steepNdeep]

California has more laws, higher taxes, and more tree-huggers than any other state. :eek::eek:

I think that the whole continent is tilted to the left and all the 'huggers roll towards the coast... :rolleyes: They are all up and down the left coast from BC to Cali...

The problem is most huggers are fanatical and they greenwash info. to support their cause. If they listened to conservation that is based on biology and facts, they would know that spearfishing has very little effect on populations (<1% in most cases). I think much of the general public is more reasonable if they are informed of the facts. That's where we (spearo's) need to get motivated and get the facts out there - before it's too late (like California)... that's where forums like SB are invaluable. :thumps:

Move it or lose it...