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Originally Posted by Kup
If I understand this correctly, "NOAA is going to be our representative with this new Ocean Policy Task Force". I'm sure Andy Winer was very understanding but I don't believe that NOAA can serve as representation. With all due respect to Chris Gatley this doesn't leave me with warm and fuzzy feelings. We need some kind of direct input if we are to keep vast portions of our recourses from being taken away from us.
Step by step we are being shut down and this is going to continue until there is nothing left to fight for. The fewer boats, tackle shops, marinas and others that depend on the recreational fishing industry are still in business the less voice we will have and that's their goal.
We are fighting against people that worship nature as a religion. Our very existence is a desecration of their alter.
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I don't know that anyone in attendance was naive enough to have warm and fuzzy feelings (OK, I know of a couple......)
The point is when a meeting like this goes as it did, putting a negative or suspicious twist on it serves no one. Many people I know believe that Mr. Winer (sorry, I keep think of ...."We're the WHINERS") is genuine in his desire to work with anglers. The big question is, are his bosses? Make your concerns known and question the future, but still talk about the positives from the meeting if there were any.
At this stage of the game we all have our beliefs but must still continue to try and work within the system while at the same time working to fix the system.
