Do you ever want to ocean fish again?

Mark Mc · 06-11-2002, 09:08 PM

That sure is a nice chinook that wak'm&stak'm caught at the Rockpile. And there are many halibut fanatics on this board. So why is there an eerie silence when Mike Gilchrist tries to pull folks together, to work with the Recreational Fishing Alliance, so that we can continue to fish for salmon & halibut in the ocean?

Maybe it has not yet hit home for y'all what is about to happen in 2003: NO MORE DEEP WATER HALIBUT FISHING, and possibly no more salmon fishing outside of 20 fathoms (no more Rockpile); at the very least, "restrictions" on deep water salmon fishing. This is not some sick joke; I wish it was. The only way to avoid this is for a very large scale effort on the part of sportfishers to lobby the hell out of the regulators on this one, and right now the RFA seems to be the best vehicle with which to fight it.

Every year there is some fishery fight going on. This is the mother of them all, I kid you not. You think the Oregon economy is bad now? Unless you want to buy cheap coastal real estate, you won't want to see what will happen to all the coastal fishing towns if this thing goes through without a fight from the sportfishers.

So please, please let Mike Gilchrist know if you are interested in supporting the effort.

Thank you, Mark Mc

p.s. link to RFA http://www.savefish.com/index.html

OceanBlue · 06-11-2002, 09:42 PM

Hey, Mark... good point. Lots of noise out here, but few willing to do something other than shout about how unfair it all is. (If that makes some hot under the collar, well good.) :grin:

Pilar is out of town on a job and unsure of when he'll be back... When the job is done, I suppose. I have a message in to him to see if he thinks he's able to join. I'm planning on being there, but logistics are my trouble right now. Have obligations to the kids that day.

One way or the other, I'll try and make sure at least one of us is there.

Thanks for stirring the pot!

Myles · 06-12-2002, 05:17 AM

Nice web site, nothing works!!
myles

OceanBlue · 06-12-2002, 06:41 AM

Hmm... The website worked just fine for me.

:shocked:

Mike Gilchrist · 06-12-2002, 06:54 AM

Yes, I noticed the savefish website went down yesterday afternoon, should be back up soon.

Threemuch · 06-12-2002, 02:49 PM

Just joined RFA today. Looks like they are mostly east coast based, but they have more success than any organization out here. I hope that we are successful in getting them to work on left coast issues.

I see they are allied with UA in California, which is an organization I mostly supported.

Good luck Saturday, wish I could be there.
KB

OceanBlue · 06-18-2002, 09:04 PM

Update:

What I have personally heard from Brinckman himself is that the focus HAS been narrow he agrees that he should "do a story focusing on recreational fisheries". Recreational fishers have a much broader economic impact than most folks realize, yet have virtually no impact on the environment... We need to keep this in perspective. And educate, educate, educate....

Mark your calendars for July 12... Make a difference.

We need to keep in focus here that it isn't our fun that they're taking away... it is that near-shore fisheries are in danger as long as ODFW doesn't have a management plan, that we don't have adequate representation and that the coastal economy will suffer tremendously as we are forced to other areas while commercial fishers are allowed to continue the destruction... only this time, near shore.