Assembly of all recreational fisherman and communities

For Immediate Release

The Destin fishing fleet is inviting all recreational fisherman to join us in an assembly of boats in the destin channel on Saturday, Nov. 7th starting at 10:00 AM. We are inviting the public and as much media coverage as we can get there.

We are protesting NMFS and NOAA total disregard National standards, emphasis on No. 4 and No. 8, disregard to improved data collecting,NMFS still using MRFSS to manage fisheries, total disregard of fisherman input on stocks, and stock assessments.

At about noon, after the assembly we going to meet at our Co-Op with food and drinks for all, inviting the public and media to hold a public forum on these issues.

We challenge all recreational fisherman, charter fisherman, harbors, hotels, tackle stores, chambers of commerce and all business connected to tourism up and down the US Coast from Texas to Maine, let your voices be heard far and wide that we are fed up with the way NMFS is being run, they are picking and choosing what MSA mandates they want to enforce and poorly run stock assessments and how it is ruining the lives of coastal families and communities.

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(g) RECREATIONAL FISHERIES.—

(3) DATA COLLECTION.—

(A) IMPROVEMENT OF THE MARINE RECREATIONAL FISHERY

STATISTICS SURVEY.—Within 24 months after the date of enactment of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006, the Secretary, in consultation with representatives of the recreational fishing industry and experts in statistics, technology, and other appropriate fields, shall establish a program to improve the quality and accuracy of information generated by the Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey, with a goal of achieving acceptable accuracy and utility for each individual fishery.