Good Article on RS.

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Originally Posted by biggun

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They came out with a slide show and showed dollars it would cost to manage RS... They saying $10 MILLION.. Which IS F ing BS... Also a million for enforcement.. The Col. indicated they would have to enforce out to 200 miles... They are already enforcing RS..

They can do that at the Landings.... The Sec started spouting red rick straightout of the Commercials Mouths...

He wants yo leave it up to the GULF Council to fix this.. Here's a news Flash.. We've been trying that for YRS... It doesn't WORK...

There were a guide that also that has a commercial quota... He is offering Catch Share Charters..

He will take U out.. U can catch any amount of snapper U want with his quota.. U pay nothing for the trip...

U then come in and sell the snapper to a seafood buyer such as Katie's Seafood owned by the Sealord Buddy Guinden.. Of Big Fish Texas Fame...

U then buy the snapper U caught, as many #'s as U want, from Katies Seafood at their retail price...

But he is getting this quota for free..

This whole system is so currupt.. It's not even funny... BTW.. All those commercials, that were there to speak from Texas and Florida.. Don't pay their own way......

EDF(Environmental Defense Fund) pays all their way to go to meetings... All of them there...

Just come to a Gulf Council Meeting.. NOTHING GETS DONE... The Commercials have all the RS.,, But it's a public resource...They don't want the Recreational's to have any....

I am very aware of all that is going on with the rs corruption. I watched the podcast. Saw you and another SC member get up and speak which was great. Really state needs to take over the management. Melancon is adamant about that also. The problem seems to be with the money. The previous (barham) administration is saying they did a cost analysis. The head of marine fisheries up and resigns out of nowhere. The new director says there was no cost estimate ever done.

I was hoping to see Garrett Graves himself show up and speak at the meeting. Would have cleared things up with both folks in the room

Let me link one of my old posts if I can that shows the discrepancies from the previous and current administration.

Something is fishy.