To say saltwater types, both recreational and commercial, are “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore,” is the understatement of this young year.
Seething and really, really ticked off is more like it.
One of the joys of fishing is anticipation. The way things are going with federally mandated closures and restrictive limits, the average Joe fluke fisherman may just as well junk his gear and take up needlepoint.
Sea bass, stripers, and red snapper are the target of more lawsuits than lines in the water.
The rally, march, gathering or whatever you want to call it Wednesday, Feb. 24 at the nation’s capital is to be a show of solidarity between both the rec and industry reps, and a heap of organizations to protest the negative, unintended or not, impacts of the Magnuson-Stevens Conservation and Management Act. (MSA).