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09-18-2014, 05:24 PM | #46 |
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Re: What is up with this spearfishing closure at Biscayne National Park?
We should all go I've been spearfishing this area for years
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09-19-2014, 04:13 PM | #47 |
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Re: What is up with this spearfishing closure at Biscayne National Park?
I'm planning on hitting the FL City meeting.
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09-22-2014, 08:38 AM | #48 |
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Re: What is up with this spearfishing closure at Biscayne National Park?
Everyone thats free should go to this meeting tonight. Its at the Pioneer museum i believe on krome ave across from the capri restaurant from 6-9. See you there.
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09-22-2014, 08:56 AM | #49 |
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Re: What is up with this spearfishing closure at Biscayne National Park?
The first meeting is tonight in Florida City. Please come and voice your support for continued recreational use of the park including spearfishing. This is our last chance to show that spearfishing is a responsible and selective harvest method. They are painting us to be reckless and destructive, like we have caused all the fish populations to decline. All the while derelict commercial traps litter the patch reefs and they have cut back on law enforcement efforts. Their goal is to close off all access so they can reduce spending. We need to fight for more law enforcement on the water and at the ramps and targeted management like specifies specific closures during spawning and increased minimum size limits based on scientific evidence rather than park-wide closures.
For more information about the meetings, follow this link: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/meetingN...rojectID=11168 The latest newsletter summarizing the General Management Plan can be found here: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document...cumentID=61253 Please, at the very least, read this short newsletter to understand the impacts this new plan will have on our access to Biscayne National Park. |
09-23-2014, 09:32 AM | #50 | |
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1. Public notice of meetings -NPS claims they have been advertising these meetings for years through their mailing list and the newspaper. That's a BS excuse for an advertising campaign. Where were the t.v. stations? Letters in the mail? You can get my address from my boat registration or the annual county boat ramp pass. Hand out flyers at the county ramps, tackle shops, and tell our local elected officials. The mayor of Homestead did not know there was a meeting in Florida City last night. -The approximately 100 people in attendance last night didn't even come close to representing the number of people that would be using a boat ramp like Homestead Bayfront on a typical weekend, let alone all the other county ramps combined. It was a relative no show of support because no one knew about it! 2. Lack of enforcement/Mismanagement of funding -Earmark fines from violations right back into the park, not Washingtion D.C.3. Discrimination against spearfishing -Unjustly labeled as a destructive practice4. Permit System/Seasonal Closures -Alternative 6 involves a permit system issued by annual random lottery that will unfairly distribute permits and restrict free public access to the park resources. Spearfishing is prohibited. Fishing pressure would then be concentrated away from the the Special Recreation Zone (SRZ) to other nearby reefs.5. Suggestions -Start by using funds wisely to:
-Forget the permit system, there is no way to fairly distribute.As stakeholders of Biscayne National Park, it is our duty to stay informed about the issues and plans of the NPS and ensure that they listen to us (the boaters, fisherman, and divers) as they work to manage the Park resources by conserving while providing public access as has been done for generations. It is our duty to ensure that the public and our elected public officials are given adequate notice of these meetings; therefore we must spread the word to our family and friends, newspapers, radio, t.v. stations, and politicians so that everyone is aware of what is going on. You can do your part by attending a meeting or submitting public comment online. Please see the links below for more information. Submit a comment online (open until October 10th): http://parkplanning.nps.gov/commentF...cumentID=61253 Meeting Schedule and Locations: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/meetingN...rojectID=11168 Proposed Permit System (pdf download): http://parkplanning.nps.gov/showFile...df&sfid=172289 |
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09-23-2014, 09:38 AM | #51 |
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Re: What is up with this spearfishing closure at Biscayne National Park?
I went to the meeting last night in FL City (Javier, I just realized I sat at your table! I was the goofy looking guy with long hair and gray tshirt.) There was an overwhelming response for the park to be policed better to include checking size and bag limits. Most everyone there favored seeing the current rules enforced and tracking that data before taking the step to put new rules/closures in place. I haven't been here long enough to know what the park used to be like in comparison to what it is now, so it was very informative for me to hear from long time residents. Regardless of where they stand, it was good to see people who are passionate about the park.
Please take the time to attend one of the next two meetings which are in Coral Gables and Key Largo respectively (Javier's link includes the schedule). Also, you have the ability to submit your comments online through http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document...cumentID=61253 I suggest submitting your own thoughts as BNP is noting the difference between independent responses and form letters (They reported the number of responses in their opening presentation and noted the difference between the two. They didn't explicitly say that one is viewed differently, but the fact that they are differentiating would lead one to believe that.) Voice your opinion and let's hope that BNP continues to be a resource that we can all agree is managed well. |
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10-07-2014, 09:39 PM | #53 |
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10-08-2014, 12:25 AM | #54 | |
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"THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COULD CLOSE RECREATIONAL FISHING IN BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK Despite strong opposition from the recreational fishing community and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the National Park Service continues to breathe life into an unacceptable plan to create a large no-fishing zone in Biscayne National Park in which you, your family and friends would no longer be able to access these public waters." This Wikipedia definition sure seems to fit: An autocracy is a system of government in which a supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of coup d'état or mass insurrection). |
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10-10-2014, 09:41 AM | #55 |
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Re: What is up with this spearfishing closure at Biscayne National Park?
Spearfishing in BNP is under attack and today is the last day to submit public comment on this issue. Please write a short comment expressing your opposition to any discriminating spearfishing regulations. Letting them do this will set a precedent for other areas of the state including the Keys which is currently undergoing the same type of management plan process that wants to restrict spearing. Pretty soon we will be left with nothing.
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11-15-2014, 10:03 PM | #56 |
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Re: What is up with this spearfishing closure at Biscayne National Park?
I'm a freedive anyways so the FMP doesn't bother me. The GMP does though. How will the restriction of freedive spearing help the "pristine corals"? Sorry for those of you with tanks, I've been wanting to try my hand at a nice sling for a while now. No commercial sounds like a dream to me though.
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03-10-2015, 04:42 PM | #58 |
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Re: What is up with this spearfishing closure at Biscayne National Park?
Looks like the complete closure to fishing in the Biscayne park is a done deal unless people take action ASAP
Please go to link below and stand up. https://secure2.convio.net/asaf/site...rAction&id=273 the "What is up with this spearfishing closure at Biscayne National Park?" Post above has some 55,000 views. If everyone that viewed it as well as those that view this post takes action we might have a fighting chance. There is also a link after you take action to forward it to everyone you know that might be interested in helping out. It only takes a minute to put in there e mail addresses. thanks Last edited by Bait Me; 03-11-2015 at 02:03 PM. Reason: link |
03-11-2015, 06:32 AM | #59 |
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http://www.nps.gov/bisc/learn/manage...ement-plan.htm
This site reads like the proposed plan has been decided with the details still to be determined. Probable increasing of size limits and decrease of bag limits (no info on specific species), a possible increase in protected areas, possible elimination of mini season, and possible elimination of scuba and trigger mechs a la bahamas. |
06-05-2015, 10:17 AM | #60 |
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Re: What is up with this spearfishing closure at Biscayne National Park?
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...e23137869.html
This is the latest info that I have seen. I think this is just referring to the General Management Plan but I'm sure the Fisheries Management Plan will follow rather quickly. Not sure if spearfishing is still not allowed with the plan they are going with but there are definitely a lot of changes coming. Last edited by SilentHunkler; 06-05-2015 at 01:40 PM. |
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