Oak Hill fights looming ban on fishing in wildlife refuge

oak hill“A determination was made that commercial harvesting of fish, crabs and shellfish has inherent impacts upon the marine environment that are not compatible with the purpose of the refuge; consequently, the decision was to end permitting of the activity by October 2018,” Refuge Manager Layne Hamilton (bureaucrat) said in an email. “We recognized the long history of commercial fishing and the economic dependence of many local residents on this activity and that is reason the Fish and Wildlife Service provided a 11-year transition to reduce the hardship.” Read the rest here 20:35

One Response to Oak Hill fights looming ban on fishing in wildlife refuge

  1. StripedBassHole says:

    Mel Brook’s once said “IT’S GREAT TO BE KING”. That was in a Movie though and HE WAS ACTING, it was a COMEDY, no less. I find no humor here, just FUNNY BUSINESS…

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