Comments on: State panel recommends Laguna fishing closure

By: Erika

Erika — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:14:16 +0000

Fred – I agree with your statement 110%! This law has twisted the lifestyle of everyone who enjoys fishing and for those who make a living for it (our local fisheries who have been in Newport Beach, Dana Point, for close to a 100 years!)

Take away the jobs and the lifestyle of the citizens, you will see the coastal beach cities DROP in revenue!

And living in California is no longer the “Golden” State!

http://www.yesfishing.org

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:46:25 +0000

this is for the guy that wants to talk about the demise of sardines in the 1930′s, everything is a cycle,

-In the late 1930′s, california’s sardines supported the biggest fishery in the western hemisphere, with more than half a million tons of fish caught each year. By the mid-1950s, the sardines had virtually disappeared. Although fishing pressure may have played a part in this process, new research published in the current issue of Science indicates that the sardines’ demise was part of a 50-year cycle that affects not just california, but the entire Pacific Ocean.

By: shoff

shoff — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:13:24 +0000

Fred,

Of all the responses I read yours hits the nail right on the head. As a avid sufr fisher, I want the stock healthy. I seldom keep what I catch choosing to release 99% of what I catch. Attacking the sportfishers is a bandaid approach. Let’s look at all the other issues, keep people involved in the environment. This way we have an insterest in keeping it pristine and healthy.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:35:01 +0000

Shows how stupid californians are.

By: fred

fred — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:18:29 +0000

The MLPA process is runaway militant environmentalism at it’s finest. One thing these people do not realize is that when you remove people from the environment they become much less interested in saving it. Fishermen were the first conservationists on the west coast. The Tuna Club of Avalon, The International Gamefish Association, and Trout Unlimited all started life as a groups of conservation minded sportsmen. They did so voluntarily without any cajoling from the Sierra Club, Earth First, The Center for Biological Diversity, or the Government. Sportsmen in southern california have also played an enormous role in the white seabass recovery along our coast. I have never seen a member of the Laguna Beach City Council, Peta, or the World Wildlife Fund donate one second of thier time to raise, catalog, and release these fish into the sea. It has been fishermen and thier children who have done the heavy lifting and made real contributions to restoring out coastal environment. Just remember, every toilet that get’s flushed, toll road that get’s built, and bmw that goes to the car spa contributes to our declining water quality. Banning families from from a day’s fishing will not cure what ails our coastline. It will only deminish the number of people willing to do something about it!

By: steveh

steveh — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:09:21 +0000

Hey dope,
It’s not sports fishing wiping out fisheries. It’s commercial fishing.
For some who calls themselves common sense, you have none.
Sports fishing accounts for less then 5% of fish taken from the ocean, you genius. Why don’t YOU go find something else to do like read a book or get a little knowleadge before coming on here and spewing your BS.

By: steveh

steveh — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:04:10 +0000

Why?
Just because you don’t know how, don’t think it’s a waste of time of that.
Maybe someone thinks your stamp collecting is a waste of time ?
And by the way genius, do you know how deep it is 50 miles out to sea? Thought not….

By: popcorn

popcorn — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:00:11 +0000

The goal, no fishing off the coast of California.

The left wing rules.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:50:39 +0000

Yet another ridiculous law. Not allowing fishing? i fish these waters once in awhile and the fish are abundant. Stop stupid!!

By: Common sense

Common sense — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:52:44 +0000

Overfishing wiped out the pacific sardine back in the 1930′s. It has taken 70 years but they are starting to make a come back. Nothing like what their population was, but they are recovering. If restrictions had been imposed sooner, they would not have been over fished in the first place.

It is not a question of habitat over humanity, it is about responsible fisheries management and limiting the catch to preserve the long term health of the fishing stock.

There are not enough fish left to provide sustainable incomes for all the fishermen and fish for the sportsmen–deal with it. Go find something else to do while the fisheries recover.