Posted: February 23rd, 2002, 10:56 am
The Recreational Fishing Alliance lost its yellowfin tuna lawsuit and this decision could reverberate throughout the fisheries management system.
In a nutshell, the lawsuit contested the right of NMFS to enact conservation measures that impose limits on recreational fishing while doing nothing to the commercial sector, and to impose these regulations when there is no scientific evidence to support overfishing.
Ths sad thing is that the lawsuit cost RFA $ 103K and they only got $ 42K from outside organizations to try to fight the battle so they had no money to wage an appeal against the summary judgement.
Point to the story....we better all get off our wallets and start funding these groups that are legally able to lobby and fight for our rights as recreational fisherpeople.
Article in Saltwater Sportsman (March 2002).
In a nutshell, the lawsuit contested the right of NMFS to enact conservation measures that impose limits on recreational fishing while doing nothing to the commercial sector, and to impose these regulations when there is no scientific evidence to support overfishing.
Ths sad thing is that the lawsuit cost RFA $ 103K and they only got $ 42K from outside organizations to try to fight the battle so they had no money to wage an appeal against the summary judgement.
Point to the story....we better all get off our wallets and start funding these groups that are legally able to lobby and fight for our rights as recreational fisherpeople.
Article in Saltwater Sportsman (March 2002).