Urgent Action Needed -Speed Restriction

[Lido-Gambler]

Hello NJ Fishing Family and anyone who will be affected by this right whale speed restriction.

NOAA has proposed that the new right whale speed restriction would encompass commercial passenger vessels to include boats from 35ft and up.

Proposal, from what I understand: Any commercial boat 35ft and above would not be allowed to travel anywhere along the East coast out to 100 miles at more than 10 knots, from Nov 1st through May 15th.

Very arbitrary reasoning. We are dealing with a young woman with a PhD who wants to save the whales but does not care if ocean-going vessels go into oblivion.

I am aware that one of the comments asked, why not 5 knots? or maybe we should stop all boats from traversing the area completely during that time period.

We do not want to make any concessions here. What NOAA currently has in-place is bad enough.

I urge you to pass this information on to your crew, bait suppliers, fuel suppliers and customers, because they will all be affected. Tell them that they do not need to be lengthy in response. Just 2 or 3 sentences on why they are against it.

How to comment:

Deadline (extended): October 31, 2022

Go to www.regulations.gov

In search box, type NOAA-NMFS-2022-0022

Click on documents tab

Scroll to bottom, click on "Comments" box

Again, please don't respond to this group text. Text individually so that everyone's phone is not pinging off the hook.

Some of these people just want us off "Their Ocean". Thanks for taking a short time out of your day.

Capt Bob
The Crew

The Gambler