Comments on: Red Snapper Medics Studying The Crash http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/07/25/red-snapper-medics-studying-the-crash/ When old landmarks crumble, established roads no longer lead the way. New paths open to those with an irregular eye. Our news is unfit for print. Sat, 26 May 2012 23:46:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Green Man http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/07/25/red-snapper-medics-studying-the-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-567345 Green Man Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:08:33 +0000 http://irregulartimes.com/?p=13351#comment-567345 John, scientific measurements of fish populations are a great deal more rigorous than your sampling of going out in a single boat every now and then and dropping "bait to the bottom". If you could come up with some more comprehensive information than just your opinion, perhaps you'd be more successful in countering regulation. A comparison of current red snapper populations with historical levels would also be helpful. I see that you own a business that makes its livelihood on people buying boats to go out and have fun in the Gulf of Mexico. Might that have something to do with your opposition to fisheries management? You might want to consider that if fish populations dwindle due to overfishing, your business won't have much long term success. John, scientific measurements of fish populations are a great deal more rigorous than your sampling of going out in a single boat every now and then and dropping “bait to the bottom”. If you could come up with some more comprehensive information than just your opinion, perhaps you’d be more successful in countering regulation. A comparison of current red snapper populations with historical levels would also be helpful.

I see that you own a business that makes its livelihood on people buying boats to go out and have fun in the Gulf of Mexico. Might that have something to do with your opposition to fisheries management?

You might want to consider that if fish populations dwindle due to overfishing, your business won’t have much long term success.

]]> By: John Shepherd http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/07/25/red-snapper-medics-studying-the-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-567342 John Shepherd Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:48:16 +0000 http://irregulartimes.com/?p=13351#comment-567342 I fish in the gulf of mexico almost every weekend during the summer months. The American Red Snapper is, in my opinion, currently the most abundent reef fish in the gulf of mexico. Red Snapper are everywhere, you can't drop a bait to the bottom without catching one. It takes only minents to catch your alloted limit. There is no shorted of red snapper in the gulf of mexico and I know first hand. As an american I should be able to take my boat and catch my family a meal of freah fish, why is the abundent resource restricted and talk of it being banned all together. Something is badly wrong with the so called science that is used to justify this restriction. I fish in the gulf of mexico almost every weekend during the summer months. The American Red Snapper is, in my opinion, currently the most abundent reef fish in the gulf of mexico. Red Snapper are everywhere, you can’t drop a bait to the bottom without catching one. It takes only minents to catch your alloted limit. There is no shorted of red snapper in the gulf of mexico and I know first hand.
As an american I should be able to take my boat and catch my family a meal of freah fish, why is the abundent resource restricted and talk of it being banned all together. Something is badly wrong with the so called science that is used to justify this restriction.

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