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Originally Posted by Reefman
Oysters will be our un-doing. I can't understand how powerful the oyster lobbyist have become. These people can stop a project before it gets off the ground. I bet BL guides might have an opinion or two about what these oystermen can do to lake.
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They have deep pockets due to cheap labor. Oysters are obviously not sustaining themselves very well in the traditional zones because most of the harvests are from cultch that are seeded. There are reasons that the oysters are not doing well, and many of the projects that could help get silenced quickly. The Coastal Master Plan is law though, so maybe we can finally get some large-scale projects off the ground. And what is funny to me is that all these folks who are trying to contact senators and get the word out about these proposed diversions had never even heard of the CMP even though it has been around for over 6 years. There were public meetings announced on every outdoors website that I know
People can cherry pick their data, and one guide who is very vocal against diversions actually pulled up a paper during an interview and began to read the abstract that appeared to favor his opinion. However, if you read a little further, the exact opposite was true
