Modern Fishing Act HR 200 Needs Your Support

[Gerry Zagorski]

As you all know, our Marine Fishing Regulations which are governed by the Federal Magnuson Stevens Act, are the root of the issues we face locally. The most recent example being Sea Bass...

We've been under highly restrictive regulations over the past few years to protect and improve the Sea Bass stocks. Due to our sacrifices the Sea Bass stocks have been fully rebuilt. You'd expect more liberal regulations, yet we are staring down the barrel of more restrictions. This due in large part to the failures and inflexibility of Magunson Stevens Act and it needs to change..

HR 200 - The Modern Fishing Act seeks to make improvements to the Fisheries Management Laws and Systems which have failed us and will continue to fail unless we get it passed.

Here is where you come in.... Right now HR 200 has passed out of committee and needs to go to the floor for a vote... The problem is we need to put some pressure on our local representatives to encourage Speaker Ryan to post it for a vote.

It doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, if you live in PA, NY, NJ or Montana. If you fish and are tired of the Marine Fisheries Management tread mill we're on you need to act now...

So for all of you who would like to get involved, go to this site -
https://www.house.gov/, type in your zip code and under the photo or your representative, click on the the email icon
- Fill out the form and choose "Sports and Recreation" as the issue your email relates to
- Use HR 200 in the subject line
- In the comments section ask your representative to encourage Speaker Ryan to post HR 200 for a vote.

Your comments might go something like this.

As a constituent of your district and an avid fishermen looking for improvements to Marine Fisheries Management policies, I respectfully request your support to encourage Speaker Ryan to post the HR 200 Modern Fishing act for a vote.

Please pass this along to your fishing friends, fishing groups, facebook groups etc... You can copy and paste this link http://www.njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102479 or use the sharing buttons you see on the left side of this page.

Let's not sit on the sidelines and watch, we all need to get involved!!

Thanks for the support everyone... Let's do this!!