IFQ for Recreational Anglers in the Gulf Of Mexico
I have been in the charter boat business here in Panama City Beach, FL for 25
years
now. I probably catch more recreational red snapper than anyone here if not in
the top
five people. IFQ for recreational anglers is no fair way to do a resource. There is
no
fair way to prove who gets the allocation. No history, no statistics, no good
surveys.
How is a group like Environmental Defense going to come to the Gulf where they
no
nothing about Red Snapper fishing and impose on us a unfair system. What's to
keep
the rich from buying out all of the IFQ and the middle class left with nothing just
like
everything else in this country is going too.
My Vote is no on this issue. NMFS is opening up a "can of worms" if you will
Capt. Benji Kelley
Comment on FR Doc # E8-08756
This is comment on Proposed Rule
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Limited Access Privilege Programs; Individual Fishing Quota Referenda Guidelines and Procedures for the New England Fishery Management Council and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
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