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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So...on the substance,  the fishermen had no recourse to fight a maritime agency’s interpretation of law, since Chevron required courts to give preference to the government,  and this lead the fishermen to have to bring government overfishing-regulators ON the boats with them AND pay them $700 a day?

Seems like overly budensome regulation to me.

I  work in a highly regulated financial services field where compliance is a constant and important daily consideration,  and even we are not forced to try to operate with regulators underfoot everyday, paying them for the disruption to boot.[/quote]

So I'm a lobbyist for these issues and I support what NMFS is doing. First off, observers are NOT required for every trip a fisherman takes. It is a random draw and the fishermen get a 24-48 HOUR notice. Observer coverage is only on 1% of all fishing trips.

if Congress fully funded the observer coverage program, NMFS would not have to consider some of these "draconian" methods. folks are cutting off their livelihood long term. The point of the observer coverage program is to minimize fisheries bycatch. Many fish stocks are overfished and not sustainable at the current rate. When folks fish they often catch species that they do have a permit to catch. Fish don't know boundaries and if you catch a fish that's not within your permit, time is ticking to identify the species and get it back in the water. dead fish can't reproduce. several fisheries across the country are a seeing significant decrease in yield for certain species of fish that we LOVE to eat. It is BECAUSE of government regulation that we can still eat red snapper for example. Red snapper is THE PREMIERE fish in the south Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico region. nearly a billion industry and several jobs. Thanks to NMFS stepping in 10 years ago, this fishery survived and jobs were saved. [/quote]

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