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Originally Posted by fishes
Taken from DOI website -
Q: Are their any plans by the current administration to restrict recreational fishing?
A: Absolutely not. To the contrary, we strongly support recreational fishing, and are working with our state and federal partners to expand recreational fishing opportunities across the nation. We recognize the important benefits that fishing provides to millions of Americans – as a recreational pastime, a way to connect with nature and our cultural heritage, and as a significant driver of our economy. In addition, recreational fishing generates crucial funding for conservation across the nation.
As Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has said, “Americans have few higher callings than to conserve our treasured landscapes and bountiful wildlife and connect our children and grandchildren to the great outdoors. For more than half a century, boaters, hunters, anglers, and recreational shooters, and the hunting and fishing industries have supported some of our nation’s most successful programs to conserve fish and wildlife and its habitat and make it possible for Americans to enjoy them.” For all of these reasons, we continue to support and promote recreational fishing on our public lands and across America. |
Their statement is correct and incorrect at the same time. While they are not restricting fishing they are restricting the areas where you can fish.
It is all how the statement is spun which is exactly what the anti fishing community has been stating all along "we are bot banning fishing we are only setting aside 10% of the coast to protect fish for future generations, there is still 90% of the coast open to fishing." Yeah except that within the 10% they want there are 95% of the fish we target.