WHERE IS THE TRUE SCIENCE BEHIND SHUTTING DOWN THE ENTIRE OCEAN??????????

I HAVE FISHED WITHIN THE PAST 24 HOURS, - I JUST DON'T GET THIS PUSH TO SHUT US DOWN - OTHER THAN IT BEING WHAT IT TRUELY IS ..............A BLATENT DISSREGARD FROM THE "LEFT" TO TAKE AWAY OUR AMERICAN FREEDOMS.............THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG..............

I HAVE FISHED SINCE I COULD HOLD A FISHING ROD WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MY FATHER, UNCLES, BOTH GRANDFATHERS, GREAT GRANDFATHERS AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL MY SON, AND NOT ONE OF US EVER TOOK MORE THAN WE NEED TO FEED OUR FAMILIES, AND/OR MAKE AN HONEST LIVING.....THAT'S RIGHT.

.........FISHERMAN KNOW THE RESOURCE AND HOW PRECIOUS IT IS TO OUR FAVORITE PAST TIME, OUR LIVELYHOOD, OUR PLANET, OUR ECONOMY, OUR TRADE.....ETC.

MY SON TURNS 4 IN MAY OF THIS YEAR......JUST LAST NIGHT WE WERE SPENDING TIME TOGETHER IN THE SHED CLEANING UP FISHING EQUIPMENT. HE SAW THE PICTURE OF HIM HOLDING A LITTLE BLUEGILL ON MY DESK FROM A TIME WHEN MY WIFE AND I TOOK HIM FISHING AT A POND,.. AND HE ASKED ME IF I REMEMBERED THAT TRIP........IT ALMOST BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES.......I SAID YES I DO SON.....I REMEMBER THAT FISHING TRIP AS WELL AS I REMEMBER THE FIRST ONE THAT MY FATHER TOOK ME ON.......

NOW I HAVE FISHED ALL OF MY LIFE,.....I HAVE WORKED ON FISHING BOATS FROM THE TIME I WAS A KID,.....FROM HEAD BOATS TO 56' SPORTFISHING BOATS FROM CROAKERS AND SPOT TO BLUEFIN TUNAS AND WHITE AND BLUE MARLIN,....I HAVE CONCH POTTED, I HAVE SEA BASS POTTED, I HAVE DREDGED CRABS, AND EELED AND GILLNETTED,........ I WAS SELLING FATBACKS THAT I CAUGHT IN A THROW NET AT THE AGE OF 6 YEARS OLD......$5 FOR A 5 GALLON BUCKET......

......BOUGHT MY FIRST THROW NET AT MURRAY'S BAIT AND TACKLE ON CEDAR NECK ROAD.......WHICH IS NO LONGER THERE DUE TO DEVELOPEMENT AND THE LOSS OF FISHING DUE TO LAWS AND RESTRICTIONS........

I RUN A CHARTER BOAT OUT OF INDIAN RIVER INLET IN THE SPRING AND THE FALL, I WORK ON ANOTHER BOAT OUT OF OCEAN CITY, MD........I ALSO SELL BAIT TO TACKLE STORES IN OUR LOCAL AREA......FISHING MEANS ALOT TO ME FINANCIALLY............MORE THAN THAT - I SIMPLY THINK IT EVERYONE'S GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO TAKE A KID FLOUNDER FISHING OR SEA BASSING OR FISHING FOR HIS OR HER FIRST SHARK, TUNA, WHITE MARLIN, MAHI-MAHI OR TAUTOG...... WHAT RIGHT DOES THIS OR ANY FUTURE ADMINISTRATION THINK THEY HAVE TO JUST SHUT DOWN FISHING AND PUT ALL OF THE TACKLE SHOPS, GAS STATIONS, RESTAURANTS, HOTELS AND MOTELS, MARINAS, HARDWARE STORES, PROPELLAR SHOPS, WELDING SHOPS, SOLE PROPRIERTER TACKLE MAKERS, HUGE RETAIL OUTLETS,...... CHARTER AND HEADBOATS AND THEIR CAPTAINS, MATES, AND DECKHANDS OUT OF WORK????????????

COME ON HERE PEOPLE - THERE IS A BIGGER PICTURE HERE THAN JUST STOPPING FISHING.......THIS PUSH IS TRUELY KILLING THE FREEDOMS OF AMERICANS ALL TOGETHER....

.....I STUDIED MANY SCIENCES IN COLLEGE. I MAJORED IN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY AND HAD TO FOCUS ON ENGINEERING AND CHEMISTRY AFTER DOING ENOUGH RESEARCH TO FIND OUT HALF WAY THROUGH COLLEGE THAT THE AVERAGE SALARY BRACKET FOR THE FIELD THAT I WAS HEADING INTO WASN'T GOING TO QUITE CUT IT FOR A 4 YEAR COLLEGE GRADUATE IN MY MIND. I ACTUALLY CAN TELL YOU THAT BASICALLY I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A JOB FOR LESS THAN WHAT I WAS MAKING IN THE SUMMER TIME WORKING ON A FISHING BOAT.........WHERE'S THE JUST IN THAT?????

I WENT THAT ROUTE IN COLLEGE INITIALLY BECAUSE I HAD BEEN FISHING ALL OF MY LIFE AND THOUGHT THAT IF I STUDIED IT AND FOLLOWED THAT CAREER PATH - THAT IT WOULD BE REWARDING.......WELL - THE THING THAT TICKED ME OFF THE MOST WAS THE DATA THAT THEY WERE TEACHING COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH ABOUT MANY OF THE FISHERIES,.........THIS IS WHY I CHANGED FOCUS AND WENT TOWARDS THE ENGINEERING FIELD.
.....ANYWAY - MY POINT HERE IS TO STRESS THAT - STORIES LIKE THIS ARE THE REASON THAT WE ARE GETTING THE DATA FROM GROUPS LIKE NMFS AND OTHERS ABOUT FISH STOCKS.......

......ATTN: CONGRESS - PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE TRUTH HERE AND LET US KEEP OUR FISH!!!!!!!!!!!

......ANYWAY, WE NEED FISHING IN THIS COUNTRY.......IT'S HEALTHIER THAN MANY OTHER PAST TIMES AND IT IS GOOD FOR OUR ECONOMY.

THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE A VOICE HERE SFC.