Regulatigons

NMFS is the agency responsible for federal regulation and scientific research. They are a divisional within National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) which falls under the responsibility of the Department of Commerce. In other words, it's our Federal government at work. Like any other government agency, it's all about power and control. Our public resources are slowly being taken from us. It won't be long before the salt water registry becomes a salt water license, just a matter of time. NMFS controls and will continue to make quota decisions based on politics and revenue generation. Won't be long before quotas are allocated to the highest bidders if it's not already happening. Recreational anglers will continue getting screwed to subsidize a process which will favor commercial interests and foreign trade arrangements. It's the way government works, it's no different when it comes to fisheries management. Regulations will not only get worse they will also cost more until basically anyone involved in the recreational fishing business is out of business. Don't have to be a Rhodes Scholar to see how this is going to play out.

[Gerry Zagorski]

It's plain and simple... You pass laws to manage fisheries and pay people to do it, you form a financial ecosystem that feeds on itself. If everyone wants to keep their jobs, all the fisheries have to be in trouble or there is nothing for them to manage.

Our government is a law making money machine that wants to control everything...

OK... I feel better now

[SNAPS]

Originally Posted by dakota560

NMFS is the agency responsible for federal regulation and scientific research. They are a divisional within National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) which falls under the responsibility of the Department of Commerce. In other words, it's our Federal government at work. Like any other government agency, it's all about power and control. Our public resources are slowly being taken from us. It won't be long before the salt water registry becomes a salt water license, just a matter of time. NMFS controls and will continue to make quota decisions based on politics and revenue generation. Won't be long before quotas are allocated to the highest bidders if it's not already happening. Recreational anglers will continue getting screwed to subsidize a process which will favor commercial interests and foreign trade arrangements. It's the way government works, it's no different when it comes to fisheries management. Regulations will not only get worse they will also cost more until basically anyone involved in the recreational fishing business is out of business. Don't have to be a Rhodes Scholar to see how this is going to play out.

Wow the best summarization i have ever seen, you sir have hit the nail squarley on the head.