BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK MARINE RESERVE ZONES - NO FISHING ZONES BEING CONSIDERED IN GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
PROTECT ANGLER ACCESS TO PARK WATERS!
SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS NOW UNTIL AUGUST 2ND
Biscayne National Park (BNP) is once again trying to implement Marine Reserve Zones or No Fishing Zones. Over five years ago a BNP working group was formed with a diverse membership of stakeholders, including commercial and recreational fishers, divers, scientists and representatives of environmental groups. This group put together and presented recommendations for the BNP which were ignored. Now the BNP would like to go back and try for Marine Reserve Zones again.
CCA Recommendations:
Biscayne National Park should implement their working group's recommendations which did not include marine reserve areas.
No Fishing Zones should be for last resort conservation measures only
CCA will fight to protect access for recreational fishermen to all public fishing areas unless there is a clear indication that recreational fishermen are the cause of a specific conservation problem and that less severe conservation measures, such as gear restrictions, possession limits, size restriction, quotas, or closed seasons will not adequately address the targeted conservation problem.
YOU ARE STRONGLY URGED TO SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS!
The Biscayne National Park has begun taking comments and will continue until August 2, 2009. Please submit your comments immediately by going to http://parkplanning.nps.gov/bisc and clicking on the "Open For Comment" link.
