Comment from Oscar Menendez, Fla Skin Divers Assoc. and Suncoast Seals

Document ID: NOAA-NMFS-2009-0031-0006
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
Received Date: February 26 2009, at 09:06 AM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: April 21 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: February 25 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: March 27 2009, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 808df628
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic: Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Bottom Longline Petition

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I think emergency closure for longliners is justified. As a scuba diver I have seen the devastation caused by longliners. The thousands upon thousands of juvenile fish and turtles killed by the use of longlines is reprehensible. The indiscriminate slaughter of this resource by a few commercial entities is not justifiable by any means. We all know that what ever is caught on the longline and it's 1000's of hooks is killed, mortality is 100 percent! Elimination of this type of fishery will go a long way in restoring the health of the Gulf ecosystem.

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Public Submission Posted: 04/21/2009 ID: NOAA-NMFS-2009-0031-0002