MPA's and NC

[merry marlin]

Great way of presenting the situation Searen...
Fishermen are hard headed folks but when it comes to important issues like these for sure we'll need to put aside what divides us!
I can't even imagine what would happen if an MPA came to Cape Lookout??? I would be sending my application to the Box Militia....
MM

[Fritz]

Great way of presenting the situation Searen...
Fishermen are hard headed folks but when it comes to important issues like these for sure we'll need to put aside what divides us!
I can't even imagine what would happen if an MPA came to Cape Lookout??? I would be sending my application to the Box Militia....
MM

Looks like Lookout is on the hit list. Lock & Load.

The following 32 MPAs have been nominated by their managing programs to join the national system of MPAs. A list providing more detail for each site is available at http://www.mpa.gov. Federal Marine Protected Areas
National Parks
Acadia National Park
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Buck Island Reef National Monument
Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Fire Island National Seashore
Gateway National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
KalokoHonokahau National Historical Park
National Park of American Samoa
Olympic National Park
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve San Juan Islands National Historical Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
National Wildlife Refuges
Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge
Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Pickney Island National Wildlife Refuge
Tybee National Wildlife Refuge
Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge
Wolf National Wildlife Refuge
Partnership Marine Protected Areas
Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Puerto Rico) State Marine Protected Areas
North Carolina
Queen Anne's Revenge (Shipwreck)
Virgin Islands
East End Marine Park
Washington
San Juan County/Cypress Island Marine Biological Preserve

[WAHOONBOX]

I HAVE BOW HUNTED ON THE FOLLOWING ISLANDS AND REFUGES SEVERAL YEARS AGO........

Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge...7 PTER
Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge............DOE ... 5 PT
Pickney Island National Wildlife Refuge........SMALL EIGHT

5 OF THE 8 DEER THAT WE HARVESTED ON THESE BOW HUNTS THE DEER WERE STARVING TO DEATH FROM LACK OF QUALITY FOOD SOURCE....I SEEN ONE BUCK ON BLACKBEARD DRESS OUT AT 29LBS AND WAS A 4 POINTER....I THOUGHT NC DEER ARE SMALL....THESE WERE PUPPIES IN COMPARISON

[Fishfinder]

The way the conservationist are gaining ground here in the United States, I don't trust the government any farther than I can throw them. I am totally against any MPA's anywhere on the coast, especially here in North Carolina. Many Marine protected area, if implemented usually run by square miles, not feet. It would suck very bad if when you cleared Beaufort Inlet, you had to turn west instead of turning east. You talk about something that would destroy both recreational and commercial fishing. I have already seen how well the Feds control the offshore bottom fishing and bluefin tunas. I don't want them to get their grubby little hands on anything else!

Capt. Joe Shute

[offshore]

Hell I cant even find any type of boundary chart or map for any of these areas. So begs the question how do you know where the hell they are at? An imaginary boundary in the ocean? Mark