Political science drives net ban referendum – most people don’t even know what a gill net is
Cape Carteret town commissioners’ decision last week to endorse a statewide referendum on the use of gill nets in the state’s coastal waters indicates a willingness to relegate complex scientific issues to a political decision. This devalues the expertise of biologists and scientists in the state’s Division of Marine Fisheries who regularly make these decisions on behalf of all stakeholders, to help one special group – recreational fishermen. Commissioner Jeff Waters, in casting the only opposing vote, correctly noted that fewer gill nets are being used every year, But Mr. Waters offered a far more compelling reason not to support the bill and that is most people who would vote in the referendum, “don’t even know what a gill net is and wouldn’t know what they’re voting on and so would just vote against gill nets.” >click to read< 19:11
The Enviros banned gill nets in California with a massive disinformation campaign through the ever willing media. The lies were massive and once again, a fragmented fishing industry was decimated. The ironic part is that much of the gill net gear was then sold to Mexican fishermen to use just south of the border and now Americans can buy their fish from the Mexicans.
They did it in Florida too! 25 years after the Florida net ban – “When they take your gear from you and they tell you that you can’t fish,,,