All,

Congressmen Mica and Brown and others are pleading to the House Natural Resources Committee to conduct a hearing  on the South Atlantic red snapper closure proposed by NMFS. They want the committee to hear the argument made for a new stock assessment in H.R. 3307, which requires that the findings be evaluated by congress prior to any closure of the fishery.

This is an extremely important request which we need to throw all our support behind.  You should show your support in TWO ways – contacting your congressional representative AND sign our online petition so the supporting Congressmen can see who all supports them.

A full copy of the signed Congressional request is below.  Further down you will find a list of the congressional representative’s phone and fax numbers.

Listed below are links to your law makers. Write them or call them and tell them that:

Written-
I am a sport fisherman residing in ___________  and help contribute to the $35 Billion that the industry provides to the economy every year. As a stakeholder and participant in the fisheries resources, my assessment, made from direct personal observation conflicts with the presumptive models based in incomplete and questionable data being presented by the national marine fisheries service. It is import to all of us that this moratorium on sport fishing for this abundant species be delayed until sound data are collected, assessed and summarized clearly and in a defensible manner.

Please show your support for Congressmen Mica, Brown and other supporting members of Congress in their request to hear this important issue before irreversible economic damage occurs from taking action that may not be necessary at all.

Respectfully,

YOUR NAME

ADDRESS

PHONE

EMAIL

Phone call-

Ask them to please support the request by Congressmen Mica and Brown for a hearing on the Red Snapper closure and on H.R. 3307 or thank them for their support if they have already signed on.

The FRA will weigh in on behalf of the recreational anglers.  Please make the call to our leadership to take clear decisive action in the name of science and our sport.  Together, we will effect necessary change.

- Denny

 

Signed by-

1.      Henry E. Brown Jr. (SC-01)

2.      John L. Mica (FL-07)

3.      Virginia Brown-Waite (FL-05)

4.      Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL-21)

5.      Suzanne M. Kosmas (FL-24)

6.      Connie Mack (FL-14)

7.      Bill Posey (FL-15)

8.      Adam Putnam (FL-12)

9.      Tom Rooney (FL-16)

10.  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18)

11.  Bill C.W. Young (FL-10)

12.  Gresham J. Barrett (SC-03)

13.  Joe Wilson (SC-02)

14.  Walter B. Jones NC-03)

15.  Mike McIntyre (NC-07)

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