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Recreational Fishing Alliance challenges red snapper closure |
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The Recreational Fishing Alliance wasted no time in mounting a legal
challenge to an interim red snapper closure, announced Thursday by the
federal government and entered into the Federal Registry on Friday, Dec. 4th.
RFA attorney Dave Heil said from his Orlando office that the complaint “is sitting in the clerk’s office” in the U.S. District Court’s Jacksonville Division. “We had the paperwork ready,” Heil said. The RFA had anticipated an earlier closure. Heil said that the interim closure “took everybody by surprise.” He said that the RFA believed that the secretary of commerce would forgo the interim rule because a more sweeping closure proposal — Amendment 17A — is going to a public hearing this month. The hearing takes place in Charleston, SC., this week. |
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HASTINGS: Time to improve the Endangered Species Act
May 18, 2012 - When the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law in 1973 by President Nixon, he spoke about the importance of preserving “the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.” I believe that goal is as important today as it was back then. However, after nearly 40 years, it’s time to take a fresh, honest look at the law and consider whether there are ways it could be improved to do a better job of protecting and recovering species.
