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We need help. The SAFMC is determined to close snapper fishing no matter what the public or the data says. The Jacksonville, FL city council has written a resolution that will be voted on Tuesday night. Even if you do not live in Jacksonville, FL, it would be a great help if you sent an email to the council members expressing support. The resolution and council members contact info is below. Thanks.
Every interested party needs to contact your city council member either by phone or email. Any correspondence or communication with City Council members should reference Resolution 2009-920. Tell them your thoughts on the proposed snapper closure, the inaccurate data being used, tell them the economic impact this will have. AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE IS ASKED FOR. YOU MUST DO THIS BY TUESDAY MORNING. Your council members are:
A RESOLUTION URGING THE SOUTH ATLANTIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL TO REFRAIN FROM ADOPTING REGULATION AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF IMPOSING DRASTIC RESTRICTIONS ON SNAPPER-GROUPER FISHING IN FEDERAL WATERS OFF THE FLORIDA COAST BASED ON INCOMPLETE OR INSUFFICIENT SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION; DIRECTING THE CHIEF OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES TO FORWARD A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council has proposed several amendments to coastal fishing regulations that would have the effect of drastically curtailing, if not entirely eliminating, fishing for red snapper, grouper, tilefish, sea bass, and other deepwater fish for a period of many years in order to combat overfishing and depletion of fish stocks; and WHEREAS, the fishing industry is an important one to Florida’s economy and the fish caught by that industry are an important part of Florida’s overall food chain and a vital component of the state’s restaurant and tourism industries which provide employment and economic support for hundreds of thousands of workers; and WHEREAS, while the protection of sustainable fisheries and fish populations is undoubtedly an important function and a national priority, the regulatory means to these important ends should be based on the best available scientific data and a true understanding of the actual conditions of the fish populations, their overall abundance, reproductive rates, average lifespan, and other factors that determine the sustainability of fish stocks; and WHEREAS, legitimate questions have been raised by numerous parties about the quality and sufficiency of the data upon which the current proposed regulations are based, and these questions should be resolved to the greatest extent possible by unbiased parties and good quality, peer reviewed science before drastic regulations are implemented that would affect the economic livelihood and quality of life of tens of thousands of Florida’s citizens; now therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Jacksonville: Section 1. That the City of Jacksonville hereby urges the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council to refrain from adopting regulatory amendments that would have the effect of imposing drastic restrictions on snapper-grouper fishing in federal waters off the Florida coast based on incomplete or insufficient scientific information, and urges the Council to commission unbiased experts to assemble the best quality relevant data to determine what regulations are merited to meet the goal of sustainable fisheries. Section 2. The City Council hereby directs the Council’s Chief of Legislative Services to forward a copy of this adopted resolution to the Chair and the Executive Director of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council in North Charleston, South Carolina. Section 3. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective upon signature by the Mayor or upon becoming effective without the Mayor's signature.
Form Approved:
__________________________________________ Office of General Counsel Legislation Prepared By: Jeff Clements, City Council Research 11/19/09 Snapper-Grouper fishing restriction res
I have received responses from Councilman Redman and Johnson. They both support the bill and are sponsoring the bill. Please keep these emails coming!!!!
Good for them. There is a councilMAN that has not responded to any of this information. A constituate in his district has repeatedly emailed and called without a response.
Excellent work Jags!! If I may, here's a link to send comments (with very little input by the user) that will go to each SAMFC member... http://safmc.deep-blue-sea.org
Guys, this is the new world order....an attempt to redistribute wealth and product on an international basis, this is and attempt, along with the law of the sea treaty (L.O.S.T.) to control our God Given rights, and our capitalist beliefs in America....I will email and call those on the list, this is not a one time battle, we must change our attitudes at the polls, our country is run by a near communist administration that prescribes to the nwo.....what was once called a conspiracy theory is now threatening our way of life.....taking the joys that we have for no purpose at all, and it must be stopped.....don't stop the fight here, support patriots who support the constitution that are running for office in 2010......and call for a revolution of sorts......then this madness will go away....
Help needed - Proposed snapper ban 
