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Fishermen’s fear: Public's 'right to fish' shifting under Obama?

The Obama administration has proposed using United Nations-guided principles to expand a type of zoning to coastal and even some inland waters. That’s raising concerns among fishermen that their favorite fishing holes may soon be off-limits for bait-casting.
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Florida lawmakers seek federal help for fisherman

A letter sent by Rep. Marti Coley, R-Marianna, and signed by every Panhandle lawmaker, asks area Congressmen to review the impact a major fisheries management law has on the area economy.
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Florida Sen. LeMieux Spars with NOAA Chief Over ‘Sustainable’ Fish Limits – and the Size of Red Snapper

Florida’s newest U.S. senator told the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Wednesday that the NOAA is wrong about the declining size and number of red snapper fish in Florida. Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.) told NOAA chief Dr. Jane Lubchenco that her agency’s statistics do not match fishermen reports regarding the size and number of red snapper fish. “If the science is bad, and we’re making draconian decisions based upon bad science, or science that we can’t believe in, that’s affecting people’s lives -- that’s wrong,” LeMieux said Wednesday at a Senate Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard subcommittee hearing on NOAA's FY2011 budget request for fisheries enforcement programs and operations.
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Jones calls for overhaul of fisheries enforcement

U.S. Rep. Walter Jones on Thursday called for a hold on active prosecutions of fishermen until problems with NOAA law enforcement and litigation are resolved.
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FLORIDA: Washington DC Fishermans Protest

Fishermen, marina operators, and charter boat captains rallied in Washington DC last week to protest what they call excessive fishing regulations that will be putting them out of work.
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