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Originally Posted by keakar
in theory you are right, in a perfect world CCA would mind its own business and not interfere with other organizations efforts to help fishermen but CCA works to undermine them so the CCA by its own actions dictates that it MUST be removed from the position they hold where they can forever no longer dictate the agendas or their opinions hold any sway.
CCA actively works against anyone who speaks out or organizations using science based data to try and help fishermen all the while CCA is lobbying against everything other organizations want to do and paying off politicians to ignore the organizations trying to help fishermen.
so you see when CCA puts a target on other organizations and fights them every step of the way you must first kill off the festering infection that is CCA so an organization that has fishermens interests at heart can do their work without CCA undermining them every step of the way.
it shouldn't be necessary to take down CCA to get responsible resource management action but there really isn't an alternative since CCA cant help fighting against the interests of fishermen.
if CCA would just shut up and stop trying to hurt fishermen and just build their reefs and let other organizations work to help fishermen without interference from CCA then I would support them, not monetarily but in spirit only.
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Keakar, you are absolutely correct.
CCA is a political organization and they will tell you that out front.
However, if they would have listened to LDWF biologists during the speckled trout gill net controversy - the nets would still be in the water.
Biology's role is to place the biomass population on the table (like speckled trout). It is not biologists' place to say which sector (commercial vs. recreational) gets the better portion - that's a political decision.
But the fact of the matter is...biology has not provided us recently with the data for the public to ascertain the health of the trout fishery in Big Lake. That's a huge problem, and IMO we need to get those answers from any political organization we can.
That's the first step.