(as read from a Stripers Forever email)
http://www.stripersforever.org<<<NC - CCA NC and the Coastal Fisheries Reform Group recently introduced HB 353 into the NC legislature. HB 353 would make red drum, speckeled trout, and striped bass game fish in NC. These three species could be taken only by rod and reel and the sale of the fish would not be permitted. Additionally the bill would compensate commercial fishermen for three years of lost revenue on these species. The bill has passed its first reading in the House and has been assigned to “ Committee On Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Business and Labor”. Stripers Forever strongly supports this bill and applauds the CCA and CFRG for getting this action underway.
The bill will be discussed in committee this Wednesday, and will be voted on at that time. If passed, it will then be sent to the House floor for discussion and a vote. Our next hurdle is to win the vote in this committee, and therefore we need to email and call every one of these committee members encouraging them to vote for the bill. Here are the members, their email link, and their phone numbers. Please forward this to your email list and encourage them to do the same. It does not matter if these folks are your personal representatives or not. They are now responsible for considering this bill, and they ALL need to hear from ALL of us tonight or tomorrow at the lastest!
winkie.wilkins@ncleg.net, William.wainwright@ncleg.net, Michael.stone@ncleg.net, phil.shepard@ncleg.net, Mitchell.setzer@ncleg.net, efton.sager@ncleg.net, garland.pierce@ncleg.net, bill.owens@ncleg.net, Rodney.moore@ncleg.net, tim.moffitt@ncleg.net, Stephen.laroque@ncleg.net, bryan.holloway@ncleg.net, dewey.hill@ncleg.net, mike.hager@ncleg.net, Charles.graham@ncleg.net, ken.goodman@ncleg.net, dale.folwell@ncleg.net, elmer.floyd@ncleg.net, nelson.dollar@ncleg.net, jerry.dockham@ncleg.net, Jeff.collins@ncleg.net, Becky.carney@ncleg.net, Harold.brubaker@ncleg.net, Kelly.alexander@ncleg.net, Darrell.mccormick@ncleg.net
P.S. If you live in NC you've already got this message, but our allies in NC want us to get all of our members to send messages of support for HB 353. I know many of you fish in NC. Let's get behind this bill. Just copy and paste the e-mail list above into BCC on your e-mail browser and let this entire committee know that you want them to support HB353.>>>
After the commerical boats bringing to light the practices involved in this fishery, (the fish kill of early 2011) and all the illegal nets found recently...
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/maryland/more-illegal-rockfish-nets-fou.htmlIsn't it time something be done to save the stock from another demise.. Or is it too late?
