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03-05-2015, 07:24 PM | #1 |
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FWC considering Banning Spearfishing in State and Federal
Tonight I attended a webinar which discussed the FWC's consideration of implementing new regulations on the harvest of barracuda. They are considering regulating the species in State AND Federal waters.
There are a wide range of proposals which include (and are not limited to) seasonal closures, size limits, slot sizes, more restrictive bag limits and implementation of commercial bag limits and stopping spearfishing. The FWC readily admits that they have near ZERO data on the population and their understanding of the fishery is weak. They have indicated that the only reason they are even considering these measures is because certain people have complained and provided anecdotal evidence of reduced abundance. It is disconcerting to understand that they have no understanding of the fishery, yet are considering some extremely drastic restrictions. What I like least about the whole thing is their consideration of discrimination against our gear type. They mention the potential to ban all spearfishing for this species because the fish are "curious" and relatively easy to spear. What other local species might they ban if this criterion is validated? Hogfish anyone?? The FWC is trying to get public input and there was zero input from the spearfishing public today. I made several comments and questions over the phone. I think we assume that others or some "organization" is looking out for our interests, but NOT TODAY. They have released a survey and are requesting input from the public. Regardless of whether you shoot cuda or not, I think it is important that spearfisherman let them know that we do NOT SUPPORT DISCRIMINATION OF OUR CHOSEN GEAR TYPE. It doesn't matter if you give a crap about cuda, but you all should make sure that their staff hears our opinion on selectively eliminating the most responsible gear type imaginable. Paste this link to your browser and take the survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BarracudaWorkshop Here is a link to their presentation.. http://myfwc.com/media/2989987/Barra...esentation.pdf
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03-05-2015, 09:44 PM | #2 |
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First Permit, now barracuda. What a joke.
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03-05-2015, 10:28 PM | #3 |
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Re: FWC considering Banning Spearfishing in State and Federal
Survey done. Thanks for sharing the link.
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03-05-2015, 10:33 PM | #4 |
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Re: FWC considering Banning Spearfishing in State and Federal
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You know it is not an exaggeration to say that you and Tony and I and maybe a dozen or so other Spearos were the reason we are allowed to spear Africans and Permit. They are going to have another meeting in Weston, I suspect that we will need to go down there with a bunch of people and let them know once again that we do not support discrimination against our chosen gear type.
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03-05-2015, 10:45 PM | #5 | |
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Such a pain in the ass, but we have to go.
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03-05-2015, 11:07 PM | #6 |
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Re: FWC considering Banning Spearfishing in State and Federal
When and Where in Weston? I'll go for support
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03-06-2015, 07:31 AM | #7 |
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Thank you for posting this Jfjf I just completed the survey, and there is a section at the end for comments where I stated that me and most other Spearos think it's unfair to discriminateagainst one type of gear, especially when it's the most selective form of fishing with little or no bycatch etc. I encourage other people to do the same! You can also sign up for updates that will keep you abreast of meetings rule changes etc. Come on guys and gals we have to stand up for our passion everybody get on board!
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03-06-2015, 08:44 AM | #8 |
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survey completed.
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03-06-2015, 09:19 AM | #9 |
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Thank you for sharing this. Completed the survey.
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03-06-2015, 09:38 AM | #10 |
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Re: FWC considering Banning Spearfishing in State and Federal
Survey done
When is the Weston meeting??
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03-06-2015, 09:46 AM | #11 |
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Re: FWC considering Banning Spearfishing in State and Federal
there was a meeting in marathon last wed. about this.
the flats fisherman are complaining that there are no cudas on the flats anymore. Of course cudas don't actually LIVE on the flats- which is crazy anyway. They basically wander there sometimes. They breed and feed on the reef and beyond. Anyway- I went with my buddy and we were in a room FULL of fat old flats fisherman telling stories of how there are no more fish for them to catch. I was one of 2 people there who was against the new laws. Both of us spoke in front of the group and called bullshit on them. They had charts up that showed an increase in commercial and rec. take of cudas- which completely flies in the face of their assumption that there are no more cudas. If there are no more- or dramatically less of them- why can I go shoot unlimited quantities of them on the reef still? I freaking HATE flats fishermen. We told them at one point- "how do you know how many cudas there are or aren't - if you never even get in the water? There may look like none from the boat- but if you grow a pair and jump in- you will see tons of them. Cuda is NOT a gamefish- they do not fight well enough for that distinction period. It is a POOR fisherman who fishes for cudas in THIS fishery anyway- they should be ashamed of themselves.
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You are absolutely correct that if we remain silent, they may do something draconian even though on a personal level they are nice and well-intentioned people. I remember well how a handful of spearos turned the tide of the permit/pompano regulation that was underway back then. I will get to that Weston meeting as I'm sure you and many others will do so. But, I will also speak to the FWC staff in advance to see what their actual recommendations to the full commission will be and try to influence that decision process. Thanks to Jason and his buddy as well for speaking up at the Marathon meeting. Let's roll, Tony
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03-06-2015, 10:15 AM | #13 |
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chase grimes spoke also- as well as me and andy
I suggested they close state waters only for commercial- since we fish for them in federal waters anyway and the flats guys won't burn the gas to run anywhere far anyway. I would prefer NO laws , but if you saw that room I was in- You would know it's coming - one way or the other. I wish I had thought to post on sb about that meeting- maybe more people would have showed up. It took almost 2 hours to get to marathon for us as there was a fatal accident on the seven mile bridge that day. How they grow the balls to close the entire fishery state wide because of flats guides not wanting to burn the gas to go where the cudas are stacked up. So instead they lie and act like there are no fish to get their way.
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Thanks for the heads up and spreading of word on the topic. I find it quite perplexing that method of harvest is even being considered. The subject is quantity and size of one species. It shouldn't matter if I am using h&l, spearfishing, or hypnotism to get the fish in a cooler.
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